Title
Alternate methods of teaching psychopharmacology
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry
Publication Date
2005-06-07
Document Type
Article
Subjects
*Curriculum; Education, Medical, Continuing; Humans; *Problem-Based Learning; Psychopharmacology; Publishing; Technology
Disciplines
Psychiatry
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This article reviews methods used to teach psychopharmacology to psychiatry residents that utilize principles of adult learning, enlist active participation of residents, and provide faculty with skills to seek, analyze, and use new information over the course of their careers.
METHODS: The pros and cons of five "nonlecture" methods of teaching are reviewed: 1) journal clubs, 2) problem-based learning, 3) formalized patient-centered training, 4) games, and 5) the use of modern technology.
RESULTS: Several programs are beginning to find novel methods of teaching psychopharmacology that are effective and well received by trainees and faculty.
CONCLUSION: Programs need to go beyond the traditional lecture and apprenticeship model of psychopharmacology education to help make learning more fun, useful, relevant and self-sustaining.
DOI of Published Version
10.1176/appi.ap.29.2.141
Source
Acad Psychiatry. 2005 May-Jun;29(2):141-54. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry
Related Resources
PubMed ID
15937260
Repository Citation
Zisook, Sidney; Benjamin, Sheldon; Balon, Richard; Glick, Ira; Louie, Alan; Moutier, Christine; Moyer, Trenton; Santos, Cynthia; and Servis, Mark, "Alternate methods of teaching psychopharmacology" (2005). Psychiatry Publications and Presentations. 462.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_pp/462
