Clinical Topics in Teaching Psychiatry: A Guide for Clinicians

Sarah Huline-Dickens · Patricia Casey

Dec 2022 · Cambridge University Press

About this ebook

Clinical Topics in Teaching Psychiatry draws on classic papers previously published in BJPsych Advances, alongside newly commissioned chapters, to provide a rich overview of teaching and learning as applied to psychiatry. Written by clinicians, professors and lecturers, the book covers the direct teaching of the specialty through to educational management, coaching and mentoring. It examines diverse methods of teaching and learning, from journal clubs to simulation, and gives an updated overview of psychiatry in the foundation programme. It covers the challenges faced by trainers in recent times in delivering training virtually through webinars and remote placements. Newly commissioned chapters include how to conduct an online literature search, writing for learning and publication, delivering a good lecture and supporting trainees. Accessible throughout, the book provides much-needed guidance for busy clinicians, primarily psychiatrists, who are acting as trainers. It will also be an invaluable guide for trainees and other mental health professionals.

About the author

Sarah Huline-Dickens is a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Mount Gould Hospital, Plymouth, UK, and Associate Dean for Health Education England (South West). She has occupied a number of educational roles in both undergraduate and postgraduate medicine, including Academic Clinical Lead for Mental Health at Peninsula Medical School and Training Programme Director. As Associate Dean she is involved in faculty development and the support of doctors in difficulty. She is a qualified coach, mentor and workplace mediator and has published many peer–reviewed papers and two books on psychiatry: Clinical Topics in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (RCPsych Publications 2014) and A Clinician's Brief Guide to Children's Mental Health Law (RCPsych Publications 2016).

Patricia Casey is a Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry at Hermitage Medical Clinic, Dublin, and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at University College Dublin, Ireland. She is Visiting Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia, and Editor of BJPsych Advances for the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed papers and twelve books, including Fish's Clinical Psychopathology: Signs and Symptoms in Psychiatry 4th Edition (Cambridge University Press, 2019).