Salt in the soul, steel in the eye and caution towards the winds: a mariner's guide for navigating a new academic psychiatry department.

作者信息

Looi Jeffrey Cl, Bonner Daniel, Maguire Paul, Parige Raj, Tedeschi Michael, Cubis Jeffrey C, Cartledge Bjorn, Keightley Philip, Reay Rebecca E, Craigie Peggy

机构信息

Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Psychiatry of Old Age & Neuropsychiatry, & Acting Discipline Lead & Head, Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Australian National University Medical School, & Senior Staff Specialist, ACT Health, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Lecturer in Psychiatry, Acting Co-Deputy Head & Academic Coordinator, Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Australian National University Medical School & Staff Specialist, ACT Health, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

出版信息

Australas Psychiatry. 2017 Dec;25(6):588-595. doi: 10.1177/1039856217732480. Epub 2017 Oct 2.

DOI:10.1177/1039856217732480

PMID:28967276

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

This paper describes principles and advice regarding the development of a new academic psychiatry department within a medical school for aspiring academic psychiatrists. We describe general principles based on the experience of the foundation of the Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at the Australian National University Medical School.

CONCLUSIONS

Perspicacious leadership and organisation are the foundation for an academic psychiatry department which delivers teaching, research and broader intellectual engagement with the medical and broader community.

摘要