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objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a new psychiatry clerkship curriculum which was designed to improve the knowledge and skills of medical students of tehran university of medical sciences (tums), iran. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted in two consecutive semesters from february 2009 to january 2010. in total, 167 medical students participated i...

PURPOSE To systematically review articles reporting on depression, anxiety, and burnout among U.S. and Canadian medical students. METHOD Medline and PubMed were searched to identify peer-reviewed English-language studies published between January 1980 and May 2005 reporting on depression, anxiety, and burnout among U.S. and Canadian medical students. Searches used combinations of the Medical ...

BACKGROUND Standardized patients (SP) have been successfully utilized in medical education to train students' communication skills. At the Medical University of Vienna communication training with SPs in psychiatry is a mandatory part of the curriculum. In the training, the SP plays the role of four different patients suffering from depression/suicidal tendencies, somatoform disorder, anxiety di...

BACKGROUND The majority of research studies on medical student attitudes toward psychiatry focus on influencing factors and the medical school experience. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a one-day visit to a high secure forensic psychiatric unit on medical students' attitudes towards psychiatry and also assesses career intentions and the factors influencing these. METHOD Change in a...

OBJECTIVE The members of the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP) had been last surveyed in 2010 to identify trends in medical student education in psychiatry, teaching methods, academic productivity, and administrative issues. With increasing requirements, ADMSEP members were surveyed in 2016 to characterize current expectations for and needs of medical ...

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Aims King's College London's (KCL) Psychiatry Society's ‘Psych for 6th’ programme is an outreach initiative aspiring medical students in year 12 at sixth forms South London. The aims of the are to raise students’ awareness mental illnesses; gain a better understanding style learning medicine through lens psychiatry; widen participation medicine; and promote career psychiatry. Methods 25 state S...