Development of a Diverse Learning Experience for Diverse Psychiatry Resident Needs: A Four-Year Biological Psychiatry Curriculum Incorporating Principles of Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology, and Evidence-Based Practice.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:A clinically relevant approach to patient care grounded in neurobiological constructs and evidence based practice which emphasizes a relevant psychopharmacology is needed to optimally train psychiatry residents. METHODS:We implemented a biological psychiatry course that now incorporates neurobiology, psychopharmacology, and evidence-based practice in conjunction with a Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) perspective. A survey launched prior to course implementation and following each class session, served as the outcome metric of residents' attitudes toward the new curriculum and followed a baseline attitudinal survey designed to evaluate the program. RESULTS:Greater than 90% of the psychiatry residents at Duke University who took the attitudinal survey agreed or strongly agreed with

SUBMITTER: Muzyk AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5440431 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature