Deshpande Sharmishtha, Agawane Shubhangi, Zachariah Aaron, Innamuri Raviteja, Menon Vikas
Department of Psychiatry, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2024 Sep;66(9):859-862. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_698_22. Epub 2024 Sep 19.
Medical interns have 2 weeks compulsory internship in psychiatry.
We tried to explore their learning and views about psychiatry during these 2 weeks. To document verbatim their account about the knowledge gained and their experiences during the psychiatry internship posting and derive prominent themes.
Focus group discussion was conducted at the end of the posting using a semistructured questionnaire for seven consecutive batches of interns posted in psychiatry. To enhance trustworthiness, we utilized member checking, data triangulation, and peer debriefing. Their routine during posting, competencies, expectations from the posting, and frustrations were the main points discussed. The interns willingly participated and discussed their views about psychiatry posting.
They were aware of psychiatry as an important medical discipline and had a fair degree of knowledge about it. Most of them found the posting useful. The interns had not attained the required competencies in handling emergencies and use of psychiatric drugs.
Involvement of senior faculty and formative assessments will be necessary in the training of medical interns. This can ensure that they gain the required competencies.
医学实习生有两周的精神病学强制实习。
我们试图探索他们在这两周内对精神病学的学习情况和看法。逐字记录他们在精神病学实习岗位上获得的知识和经历，并提炼出突出的主题。
在实习结束时，对连续七批在精神病学岗位实习的实习生使用半结构化问卷进行焦点小组讨论。为提高可信度，我们采用了成员核对、数据三角验证和同行汇报。讨论的要点包括他们实习期间的日常、能力、对实习岗位的期望以及挫折。实习生们自愿参与并讨论了他们对精神病学实习岗位的看法。
他们意识到精神病学是一门重要的医学学科，并且对其有一定程度的了解。他们中的大多数人认为实习岗位很有用。实习生们在处理紧急情况和使用精神科药物方面尚未达到所需的能力水平。
在医学实习生培训中，资深教员的参与和形成性评估将是必要的。这可以确保他们获得所需的能力。
