Accepted Type
Oral
Code
OH2-2-2
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
yes
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Oral
Sub Type
Education Innovation
Will the presenter be a:
Other
Presenter Other
Faculty
Affiliation
Considered for Poster
yes
Title
What's the Problem? Collaborating Across Specialties to Develop a Novel PGY-1 Medical Psychiatry Case-Based Curriculum
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
Until 2019, PGY-1 psychiatry residents at McMaster University participated in academic learning sessions that were held with numerous other specialties, leaving psychiatry residents feeling that these sessions lacked applicability to their own learning. Due to changes at the postgraduate level, our program developed an independent PGY-1 medical psychiatry curriculum to address resident needs and improve the learning gap between psychiatry and medicine.
Summary of the Innovation
A scoping assessment was completed by collating focus group feedback and rotation assessments from the previous curriculum. This data grounded the planning and development of a case-based PGY-1 psychiatry curriculum with a medical focus. This innovation relies on a group of interdisciplinary educators from Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, Neurology and Internal Medicine who actively participated in curriculum development. 15 case-based sessions, including simulation sessions, were created focusing on core topics including cardiac emergencies, seizures, neurological issues, and chronic health issues, situated within psychiatric settings. Significant depth of medical information is provided including labs and images, enhancing learning across both medical and psychiatric objectives. Triple-jump style cases allow for learning and application of knowledge within sessions and aim to improve knowledge retention and application. Each session concludes with formal learning reflections, designed to consolidate knowledge and promote lifelong learning.
Conclusion
This session will discuss the cross-disciplinary collaborative process involved in curriculum development, provide examples of cases developed, and discuss how attendees can use this method to develop robust, cross-disciplinary curricula relevant to learners within their own settings.
Keyword 1
Curriculum
Keyword 2
Psychiatry
Keyword 3
Interdisciplinary
Level of Training
Post Graduate
Abstract Themes
Curriculum
Curriculum
Case-Based
Additional Theme (First choice)
Postgraduate
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Authors
Presenter
Natasha Snelgrove
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
