Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Psychosomatics. 2020 May-Jun;61(3):254-260. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2019.12.006. Epub 2019 Dec 18.
Transplant psychiatry is a subspecialty of consultation-liaison psychiatry that focused on evaluation, treatment, and research of mental health problems in organ transplant recipients and organ donors. To date, there is no literature about training programs that would ensure psychiatrists acquire the necessary knowledge and skills required to meet the clinical needs of these patients.
The author describes the implementation of an online curriculum in transplant psychiatry created at the request of physicians located outside the United States.
A 3-session online interactive course focused on knowledge relevant to transplant psychiatry was held in the fall of 2018. While the instructor was based in the United States, all attendees were located in Pakistan. The impact of the course was evaluated via precourse and postcourse surveys assessing knowledge level, interest in transplant psychiatry, and level of comfort with transplant psychiatry evaluations in the pretransplantation and posttransplantation settings.
Nine participants attended at least one of the 3 sessions, and 6 attended all 3 sessions. There were no significant events regarding the implementation of the curriculum. The response rate to the questionnaire was 100% before the course and 88.8% after the course. Precourse and postcourse tests indicated the curriculum had a positive impact on the level of knowledge and level of confidence in addressing problems relevant to transplant psychiatry.
Online curriculum for highly specialized areas of psychiatry is feasible and can have a positive impact on knowledge levels and confidence in addressing clinical challenges.
移植精神病学是咨询联络精神病学的一个分支，专注于评估、治疗和研究器官移植受者和器官供者的心理健康问题。迄今为止，尚无关于培训计划的文献，该计划可确保精神科医生获得满足这些患者临床需求所需的必要知识和技能。
作者描述了在美国境外的医生的要求下创建的移植精神病学在线课程的实施情况。
2018 年秋季举行了一个 3 次在线互动课程，重点是与移植精神病学相关的知识。虽然讲师设在美国，但所有与会者都在巴基斯坦。通过课前和课后调查评估课程的影响，评估知识水平、对移植精神病学的兴趣以及在移植前和移植后环境中进行移植精神病学评估的舒适度。
9 名参与者至少参加了 3 次课程中的 1 次，6 名参与者参加了所有 3 次课程。课程实施过程中没有发生重大事件。课程前和课程后的问卷回复率分别为 100%和 88.8%。课前和课后测试表明，该课程对知识水平和解决与移植精神病学相关问题的信心水平产生了积极影响。
针对精神病学高度专业化领域的在线课程是可行的，并且可以对知识水平和解决临床挑战的信心产生积极影响。
