Medical student education in psychiatry faces many challenges. Educators must balance the need to stimulate interest in psychiatry to improve recruitment versus the responsibility to provide adequate training in psychiatry for the approximately 95% of students who will choose other medical specialties. This balance must be achieved against a perceived background of diminishing resources for psychiatric medical student education. Although definitive data does not yet exist, psychiatric educators across the country have observed diminishing contact time by faculty with medical students due to demands for increased clinical revenues. The perception also exists that funding for medical student education-related roles and positions within departments of psychiatry is steadily decreasing. Shrinking infrastructure resources for medical student education is widespread. Many psychiatry departments now have fewer clinical sites that can accommodate medical students. In order to address the perceived lack of resources for psychiatric medical student education, the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP) is currently conducting a survey of its members to assess the adequacy of resources for psychiatric education (1). Competition from other departments for curriculum time has also threatened the quality of our medical student education programs. While most psychiatry clerkships remain 6 weeks
Medical Students' Attitudes Toward Psychiatry and Mental Disorders
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Medical student education in psychiatry faces many challenges. Educators must balance the need to stimulate interest in psychiatry to improve recruitment versus the responsibility to provide adequate training in psychiatry for the approximately 95% of students who will choose other medical specialties. This balance must be achieved against a perceived background of diminishing resources for psychiatric medical student education. Although definitive data does not yet exist, psychiatric educators across the country have observed diminishing contact time by faculty with medical students due to demands for increased clinical revenues. The perception also exists that funding for medical student education-related roles and positions within departments of psychiatry is steadily decreasing. Shrinking infrastructure resources for medical student education is widespread. Many psychiatry departments now have fewer clinical sites that can accommodate medical students. In order to address the perceived lack of resources for psychiatric medical student education, the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP) is currently conducting a survey of its members to assess the adequacy of resources for psychiatric education (1). Competition from other departments for curriculum time has also threatened the quality of our medical student education programs. While most psychiatry clerkships remain 6 weeks
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Medical Students' Attitudes Toward Psychiatry and Mental Disorders
Feldmann, Theodore B.
Follow Academic Psychiatry
, Volume 29 (4): 354
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – Oct 1, 2005
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