Teaching psychiatry : putting theory into practice

This comprehensive text provides practical instruction and advice on all aspects of teaching psychiatry. It covers learning from undergraduate and postgraduate level to primary medical and community settings. Contents include: recruitment of psychiatrists - the key role of education; ethical issues in teaching psychiatry; developing a medical student curriculum in psychiatry; teaching behavioural sciences; problem-based learning and psychiatric education; psychiatric residency curriculum - development and evaluation; acquisition of psychiatric interviewing skills; teaching psychotherapy in the classroom and in supervision; teaching psychotherapy - case discussion groups; teaching research methods; teaching psychiatry students about cultural diversity; teaching psychiatry in primary care; the standardized patient; patients as teachers - involving service users; technology for psychiatric educators; assessment in psychiatric education; the support and welfare of the student; psychiatrist educators.