Understanding the Role of Psychiatric Principles in Patient Care: An Important Goal of the Medical Student Clerkship in Psychiatry

Frontiers in Public Health

Leo Sher¹ 

关键词: psychiatry;    medical student;    education;    clerkship;    mentorship;    stigma;    suicide;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2016.00030

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The significance of the psychiatry clerkship in medical student education is broadly and internationally recognized (1). In the United States, all 126 allopathic medical schools oblige their students to complete a clinical clerkship in psychiatry (2). In medical schools in the United States, the length of this clerkship is 4–6 weeks (3–5). According to the “A Position Statement on the Length of the Psychiatry Clerkship” published in 2006 by the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, “the psychiatry clerkship must be at least 6 weeks in length or longer” (6). In some non-U.S. Medical Schools, the duration of the psychiatry clerkship is 8–10 weeks (7, 8).

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