In psychiatry, as in all of medicine, clinicians are frequentlyinvolved in training students and residents yet few have themselvesbeen trained in pedagogy. Improving the quality of psychiatriceducation should both improve the quality of psychiatric care andmake the profession more attractive to medical students. Written bya team of international experts with many years of experience, thiscomprehensive text takes a globally relevant perspective onproviding practical instruction and advice on all aspects ofteaching psychiatry. It covers learning from undergraduate andpostgraduate level to primary medical and community settings,enabling readers to find solutions to the problems they are facingand become aware of potential issues which they can anticipate andbe prepared to address. The book discusses curriculum developmentusing examples from around the world, in order to provide traineeswith the basic attitudes, knowledge and skills they require topractise psychiatry.Features:* Instruction on developing a curriculum for Residency training,teaching interviewing skills, teaching psychotherapy and using newtechnology* Innovative ways of engaging medical students in psychiatry anddeveloping their interest in the specialty, including experiencewith new types of elective and research options and development ofroles for students in patient care* Focuses throughout on how to teach rather than what toteach* Includes descriptions of workplace-based assessments* Discussions of both theoretical and practical perspectives andexamples of particular innovations in the field using casestudiesPresented in a thoroughly readable and accessible manner, thisbook is a primary resource for all clinicians involved in teachingpsychiatry to medical students and trainees.

Contributors viiForeword ix1 Overview: The Need for Improvements in Psychiatric Education 1Linda Gask, David Baron and Bulent Coskun2 Recruitment of Psychiatrists: the Key Role of Education 5Cyril Höschl and Jon van Niekerk3 Ethical Issues in Teaching Psychiatry 19Driss Moussaoui4 Developing a Medical Student Curriculum in Psychiatry 27Nisha Dogra, Cyril Höschl and Driss Moussaoui5 Teaching Behavioural Sciences 47Bulent Coskun6 Problem-Based Learning and Psychiatric Education 61Raja Vellingiri Badrakalimuthu, Rob van Diest, Maarten Bak and Hugo de Waal7 Psychiatric Residency Curriculum: Development and Evaluation 77Amanda B. Mackey and Allan Tasman8 Acquisition of Psychiatric Interviewing Skills 97Linda Gask9 Teaching Psychotherapy in the Classroom and in Supervision 109Glen O. Gabbard10 Teaching Psychotherapy: Case Discussion Groups 117Mark Oliver Evans11 Teaching Research Methods: 'Doing Your Own Research' 125David P. Goldberg12 Teaching Psychiatry Students About Cultural Diversity 135Nisha Dogra and Niranjan Karnik13 Teaching Psychiatry in Primary Care 153Linda Gask, Bulent Coskun and Rodolfo Fahrer14 The Standardized Patient 167Michael Curtis and David Baron15 Patients as Teachers: Involving Service Users 177Rex Haigh and Kath Lovell16 Technology for Psychiatric Educators 191Sheldon Benjamin and Maria Margariti17 Assessment in Psychiatric Education 213Brian Lunn, Maria R. Corral and Adriana Mihai18 The Support and Welfare of the Student 231Michael F. Myers19 Psychiatrist Educators 247David Baron and Bulent CoskunIndex 261