scholarly journals The conceptualisation of educational supervision in a National Psychiatry Residency Training Program

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
Lay Ling Tan ◽  
Pim W. Teunissen ◽  
Wee Shiong Lim ◽  
Vanessa Wai Ling Mok ◽  
Hwa Ling Yap
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Residency Training ◽  
Psychiatry Residency ◽  
Residency Training Program ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Psychiatry Residency Training ◽  
Educational Supervision

Introduction: Development of expertise and counselling skills in psychiatry can be mastered only with effective supervision and mentoring. The conceptualisations of educational supervision amongst supervisors and residents were explored in this study to understand how supervisory roles may have been affected by the adoption of competency-based psychiatry residency training. Methods: A qualitative research approach with thematic analysis was adopted. Individual in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview guide with a purposive sample of six supervisors and six newly graduated residents were conducted. Transcripts of the interview were analysed and coded using the Atlas Ti software. Results: Four major themes emerged from analysis of the transcripts: (1) Meaning and definition of supervision; (2) Expectations and responsibilities of the educational supervisor; (3) Elusiveness of mentoring elements in educational supervision and (4) Personal and professional development of residents in supervision. Supervisors and residents perceived educational supervision narrowly to be transactional with acquisition of knowledge and skills, but residents yearned for more relational interactions. Conclusion: This study showed that the roles and functions of supervisors in educational supervision were unclear. It also highlighted the lack of a mentoring orientation in supervision in the psychiatry residency training program. An emphasis on assessment of competencies might have contributed to tension in the supervisory relationship and lack of a mentoring role, with concerns on residents’ personal and professional identity development in their psychiatry training.

scholarly journals Building for the future: the creation of a residency training track to foster innovation through clinical informatics in psychiatry

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1747-1751
Author(s):  
Evan Vitiello ◽  
Michael Kane ◽  
Alissa Hutto ◽  
Austin Hall
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Residency Training ◽  
Psychiatry Residency ◽  
Residency Training Program ◽  
Clinical Informatics ◽  
Psychiatry Residency Training ◽  
North Carolina Department ◽  
Resident Physicians ◽  
The University

Abstract Early clinical informatics (CI) education provides an introduction to CI methodologies for resident physicians to apply within their boarded specialties. A specialty notably absent from the effort to train residents in CI is psychiatry. We present a novel means of integrating CI exposure into a structured educational track within a psychiatry residency training program. The clinical informatics track at the University of North Carolina Department of Psychiatry is a 3-year, longitudinal experience open to residents starting in postgraduate year 2. To our knowledge, this is the first track of its kind within a psychiatry residency training program.

scholarly journals P063: Perceptions and reflections of Ethiopian emergency medicine graduates regarding the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Emergency Medicine (TAAAC-EM) Curriculum: a qualitative evaluation study

CJEM ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (S1) ◽  
pp. S99
Author(s):  
C. Hunchak ◽  
E. Fremes ◽  
S. Kebede ◽  
N. Meshkat
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Residency Training ◽  
Clinical Epidemiology ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Residency Training Program ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Program Improvement

Introduction: The first-ever EM postgraduate training program in Ethiopia was launched at Addis Ababa University in 2010. EM faculty from the University of Toronto were invited to design and implement an EM rotation-based curriculum with tri-annual teaching trips to support the overall AAU EM program. To date, three cohorts of EM specialists (n=15) have graduated from the three-year program. After six years of implementation, we undertook a qualitative evaluation of the TAAAC-EM curriculum. Methods: Data collection took place in 2016 in Ethiopia via in-person graduate interviews (n=12). Participants were interviewed by a trained research assistant who used a semi-structured interview guide. Standard interview, transcription and analysis protocols were utilized. Qualitative software (QSR-NVIVO 9) was used for thematic grouping and analysis. Results: Graduates of AAU’s EM residency training program reported very positive experiences with the TAAAC-EM curriculum overall. All graduates acknowledged the positive impact of TAAAC-EM’s emphasis on bedside teaching, a unique component of the TAAAC-EM model compared to traditional teaching methods at AAU. Graduates felt that TAAAC-EM teachers were effective in creating a novel culture of EM at AAU and in role-modeling ethical, evidence-based EM practice. When asked about specific areas for program improvement, the following themes emerged: 1) a desire to shift delivery of the didactic clinical epidemiology curriculum to the senior residency years (PGY2-3) to coincide with completion of a required residency research project; 2) a desire for increased simulation and procedural teaching sessions and 3) the need for more nuanced context specificity in the curriculum delivery to incorporate local guidelines and practice patterns. A lack of educational supports during non-TAAAC-EM visits was also identified as an area for further work. Conclusion: Interviewing graduates of AAU’s EM residency training program proved important for determining areas of curriculum improvement for future trainees. It also provided critical input to TAAAC-EM strategic planning discussions as the partnership considers expanding its scope beyond Addis Ababa.

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