Getting Our Own House in Order: Improving Psychiatry Education to Medical Students as a Prelude to Medical School Education Reform

Objective: The authors summarize efforts to revitalize psychiatry teaching to medical students at Harvard Medical School (HMS) in advance of a major overhaul of the medical school curriculum. Methods: This preliminary report chronicles key challenges and the organization of the reform effort within...

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Published inAcademic psychiatry Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 170 - 173
Main Authors Alpert, Jonathan E, Schlozman, Steve, Badaracco, Mary Anne, Burke, Jay, Borus, Jonathan F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc 01.03.2006
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
College Faculty
Curriculum
Education, Medical - organization & administration
Education, Medical - standards
Educational Change
Humans
Massachusetts
Medical Education
Medical Schools
Medical Students
Psychiatry
Psychiatry - education
Social Change
United States
Massachusetts
United States
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Summary:Objective: The authors summarize efforts to revitalize psychiatry teaching to medical students at Harvard Medical School (HMS) in advance of a major overhaul of the medical school curriculum. Methods: This preliminary report chronicles key challenges and the organization of the reform effort within the departments of psychiatry affiliated with the medical school. Results: Based upon a comprehensive internal review of psychiatric education at the medical school, the HMS Psychiatry Executive Committee and psychiatry faculty concluded that psychiatry teaching was underresourced and lacked cohesion and consistent standards and expectations across clinical sites involved in psychiatry teaching. Through a willingness to identify and vigorously address deficiencies in medical student education within a large decentralized program, psychiatry has earned a reputation as an effective reform agent at the medical school. Conclusions: Psychiatry education improvements have strengthened our partnership with the medical school as it is undertaking major educational reform of its entire curriculum.
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ISSN:1042-9670
1545-7230
DOI:10.1176/appi.ap.30.2.170