Selzer Rob, Ellen Steven, Adler Robert
Director of Clinical Teaching MBBS, Central Clinical School, Monash University and Alfred Health, Melbourne, VICPsychiatrist Alfred HealthMonash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Head of Consultation, Liaison and Emergency Psychiatry, Alfred HealthMonash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Central Clinical School, Monash University and Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2015 Feb;23(1):69-71. doi: 10.1177/1039856214563843. Epub 2014 Dec 15.
Psychiatrists are in a key position to teach medical students about psychotherapy. Whilst at first it may appear a formidable task, it need not be so. It should however, have applicability to the bulk of students, who will not go on to psychiatry training.
We outline some potentially useful strategies to help clinicians teach aspects of psychotherapy to students: making it easy and relevant, illustrating the broad applications of psychological concepts, introducing cultural references, as well as appreciating that assessment can drive learning.
