Academic Psychiatry
The Journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, the Association for Academic Psychiatry, the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, and the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry
Edited by Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A.
2013
ISSN 1042-9670
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Academic Psychiatry publishes original scholarly work focused on innovative psychiatric education, professional development in academic psychiatry, and curricular transformations by leading psychiatrists in the field of medicine. The journal features work that furthers knowledge in psychiatric education and stimulates improvements in academic psychiatry. Articles address teaching, research, and administration, as well as clinical, organizational, and economical issues relevant to the academic missions of departments of psychiatry. Overview articles present empirical research and critical analysis of important topics in academic psychiatry. Other features include educational resources and media columns, a down to earth column providing practical tips and useful knowledge, a new ideas section, commentaries, and letters to the editor.
Academic Psychiatry also publishes the best papers from meeting workshops, provides a forum for debates, and often spotlights a single area of psychiatric education with comprehensive theme issues.
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In This Issue: March-April 2013Improving Physician-Patient Communication Through Coaching of Simulated Encounters
The authors tested an intensive approach to enhancing physician-patient interaction, using coaching feedback and standardized psychiatric patients. Family-medicine trainees viewed videotapes of standardized “difficult” patients, after which, each trainee received 1 hour of intensive coaching. Follow-up interviews with standardized patients were done 6 months after the coaching sessions, and coach-rated competence was rated throughout the training period. Trainees’ self-estimates after coaching improved significantly, as compared with training-as-usual controls.
The Impact of Supervision on Internal Medicine Residents’ Attitudes and Management of Depression in Primary Care
Internal-medicine residents were surveyed during preclinical conferences with a protocol that included the Depression Management Questionnaire. About half of the respondents reported that they felt “uncomfortable” managing depression and reported screening fewer than 20% of patients for depression. However, over 70% said that they would screen if they felt that it was important to their clinical supervisor. These findings should encourage clinical supervisors to promote depression screening in primary care patients.
Career Programs in Online and Blended-Learning Environments
Authors examined the career development of early- and mid-career researchers in social, behavioral, and mental health who participated in either online-only or online-plus-live career-development counseling. Trainees were followed and surveyed 9 months after the conferences. There was no significant achievement difference in number of publications, involvement in research projects, honors, grant awards, or scientific presentations between those who participated in the online-only conference and those who attended online-conferencing along with the live meeting. These results demonstrate that online career-development conferencing can be cost-effective, time-efficient, and successful.
Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A., is Chairman and Charles E. Kubly Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin and President of the Board of Directors for American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., in Washington, DC.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A.
Deputy Editors
John H. Coverdale, M.D., M.Ed., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P.
Alan K. Louie, M.D.
Associate Editors
Richard Balon, M.D.
Eugene V. Beresin, M.D.
Senior Editorial Assistant
Ann Tennier
Former Editors
Academic Psychiatry
Jonathan F. Borus, M.D.
Samuel J. Keith, M.D.
Paul C. Mohl, M.D.
Journal of Psychiatric Education
Robert Cancro, M.D.
Zebulon Taintor, M.D.
International Advisory Board
Richard Balon, M.D.
Mary Ann Cohen, M.D.
Pedro Delgado, M.D.
Linda Gask, M.D.
Stephen M. Goldfinger, M.D.
Waguih William Ishak, M.D.
Russell Lim, M.D.
Jed Magen, D.O., M.S.
Derek Puddester, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C.)
Michelle Riba, M.D.
Pedro Ruiz, M.D.
Sandra B. Sexson, M.D.
Frederick S. Sierles, M.D.
Thomas W. Uhde, M.D.
Richard C. Veith, M.D.
Editorial Board Members
David A. Baron, M.S.ED., D.O.
Robert J. Boland, M.D.
James A. Bourgeois, M.D.
Adam M. Brenner, M.D.
Gregory W. Briscoe, M.D.
Jason P. Caplan, M.D.
Mitchell J.M. Cohen, M.D.
R. Gregg Dwyer, M.D., Ed.D.
Randall Espinoza, M.D., M.P.H.
Robert E. Feinstein, M.D.
Carl B. Greiner, M.D.
Anthony P. S. Guerrero, M.D.
Michael D. Jibson, M.D., Ph.D.
Ruth M. Lamdan, M.D.
John Lauriello, M.D.
Francis G. Lu, M.D.
John Luo, M.D.
Teresita A. McCarty, M.D.
Dennis P. McNeilly, S.J., Psy.D.
Philip R. Muskin, M.D.
Thomas S. Newmark, M.D.
Guy K. Palmes, M.D.
Michele T. Pato, M.D.
Dilip Ramchandani, M.D.
Robert Rohrbaugh, M.D.
Brenda J.B. Roman, M.D.
Sy Atezaz Saeed, M.D., M.S.
Steven C. Schlozman, M.D.
Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D.
Jess P. Shatkin, M.D., M.P.H.
Melton Strozier, Ph.D.
Paul Summergrad, M.D.
Nutan Vaidya, M.D.
Art Walaszek, M.D.
Sidney Zisook, M.D.