Comment on “An Interdisciplinary Flipped Classroom Module on Postpartum Depression Using Telemedicine and Online Teaching”

• Published in: Academic psychiatry Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 183 - 184
• Main Authors: King, Jacob D., Crowley, Grace, El-Maraghy, Manal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Confidence; Curricula; Curriculum; Depression (Psychology); Depression, Postpartum - therapy; Eating Disorders; Educational Needs; Female; Flipped classroom; Foundation Programs; Humans; Inplant Programs; Interdisciplinary aspects; Interdisciplinary Studies; Learning; Letter to the Editor; Medical Education; Medical schools; Medical students; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Online instruction; Patients; Physicians; Postpartum depression; Problem-Based Learning; Psychiatry; Self report; State Aid; Teaching Methods; Teaching Models; Telemedicine; Undergraduate Study; United Kingdom > UK
• ISSN: 1042-9670; 1545-7230
• DOI: 10.1007/s40596-021-01581-1

Case in point, the reason for such a low PMH exposure rate in our limited sample is not clear; however, previous work among British medical students suggests that some students feeling “scared or intimidated [of patients]” will contribute to poorer attendance of psychiatry attachments [3]. [...]a telemedicine standardized patient — an “in vitro” approach — may well both facilitate increased exposure to psychiatric cases among students, and work towards demystifying and de-stigmatizing psychiatric cases. [...]preluding standardized patient exposure with pathophysiology and psychopharmacology, and collaboration with an OBGYN, may in theory further reduce aspects of stigma of psychiatry patients among students. A sensible balance should be struck when determining the PMH competencies required of medical students to ensure they are adequately prepared to identify and support women with mental health difficulties in the perinatal period, while recognizing that most will never be required to make complex PMH management decisions.