University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications

Title

Assessing Cultural Psychiatry Milestones Through an Objective Structured Clinical Examination

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry

Publication Date

2016-08-01

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Medical Education | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Culturally appropriate tools for patient assessment are needed to train psychiatric residents. An objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) can be a helpful tool for evaluating trainees in the psychiatry milestones pertaining to cultural competency.

METHODS: Seventeen psychiatry residents and fellows at the University of Massachusetts participated in two small-group OSCE exercises to learn cultural interviewing using the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview. Trainee groups presented a cultural formulation and received feedback. Participants were surveyed about their comfort with cultural interviewing before and after the exercise.

RESULTS: Paired t tests (N = 16) showed that mean level of comfort with the Cultural Formulation Interview increased by a mean of 0.5 points after training (t = 3.16, df = 15, p < 01 95 % CI = 163-837).

DISCUSSION: The UMass culturally appropriate assessment OSCE enhanced psychiatric trainees' comfort with culturally appropriate interviewing using the Cultural Formulation Interview.

Keywords

Cultural competency, Objective structured clinical examination, Psychiatry milestones

DOI of Published Version

10.1007/s40596-016-0544-9

Source

Acad Psychiatry. 2016 Aug;40(4):600-3. doi: 10.1007/s40596-016-0544-9. Epub 2016 Apr 15. Link to article on publisher's site

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Journal/Book/Conference Title

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry

PubMed ID

27084719

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