[Graduate medical education in old age psychiatry: a scoping literature review].

Pinilla, Severin; Lerch, Seraina Petra; Nendaz, Mathieu; Huwendiek, Sören; Klöppel, Stefan (2023). [Graduate medical education in old age psychiatry: a scoping literature review]. (In Press). Fortschritte der Neurologie, Psychiatrie Thieme 10.1055/a-2053-8274

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BACKGROUND

Gerontopsychiatry will become increasingly relevant as a discipline for primary care based on current demographic forecasts, destigmatization of mental illness and specific diagnostic and therapeutic developments. Hence, high quality graduate medical training in old age psychiatry is needed. Objectives The goal of this review was to summarize the literature on medical education relevant to residency training in old age psychiatry and to contrast the findings with international developments in competency-based medical education.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The authors used the scoping review method of Arksey and O'Malley.

RESULTS

The initial search yielded 913 hits. After full text screening, 20 original articles were used for data extraction. The study content was summarized under three categories: trainee recruitment, length and structure of graduate training curricula in old age psychiatry, and learning goals and competencies in old age psychiatry training. Surveys and expert consensus were mostly used as study methods. High-quality clinical training experience with gerontopsychiatric patients and supervision of residents was an important factor for stimulating interest in old age psychiatry. Few studies provided evidence for educational benefit of digital learning and teaching formats and simulation training in old age psychiatry. Overall, there were no studies in old age psychiatry with explicit reference to concepts of competency-based graduate medical education.

CONCLUSIONS

Clinical rotations and mentoring foster interest of clinical residents in the discipline of old age psychiatry. Systematically introducing clinical rotations in old age psychiatry in general psychiatry residency programs seems necessary to enable residents to gain relevant knowledge and skills. Educational research in old age psychiatry considering patient outcomes seems to be a meaningful next step.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute for Medical Education
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute for Medical Education > Assessment and Evaluation Unit (AAE)
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

UniBE Contributor:

Pinilla, Severin (B), Lerch, Seraina Petra, Huwendiek, Sören, Klöppel, Stefan

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education

ISSN:

1439-3522

Publisher:

Thieme

Language:

German

Submitter:

Susanne Yvonne Moser-Eichenberger

Date Deposited:

19 Dec 2023 15:50

Last Modified:

19 Dec 2023 15:59

Publisher DOI:

10.1055/a-2053-8274

PubMed ID:

37327816

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/190509

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/190509

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