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Active learning in psychiatry education: current practices and future perspectives

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Title: Active learning in psychiatry education: current practices and future perspectives
Authors: Sandrone, S
Jimmy, B
Chad, C
Jacquelyne, C
Neel, D
Amtul, F
Jessica, K
James, O
Gustavo, P
Harini, S
Daniel, W
Logan, S
Item Type: Journal Article
Abstract: Over the past few decades medical education has seen increased interest in the use of active learning formats to engage learners and promote knowledge application over knowledge acquisition. The field of psychiatry, in particular, has pioneered a host of novel active-learning paradigms. These have contributed to our understanding of the role of andragogy along the continuum of medical education, from undergraduate to continuing medical education. In an effort to frame the successes and failures of various attempts at integrating active learning into healthcare curricula, a group of educators from the A. B. Baker Section on Neurological Education from the American Academy of Neurology reviewed the state of the field in its partner field of medical neuroscience. Herein we provide a narrative review of the literature, outlining the basis for implementing active learning, the novel formats that have been used, and the lessons learned from qualitative and quantitative analysis of the research that has been done to date. While preparation time seems to present the greatest obstacle to acceptance from learners and educators, there is generally positive reception to the new educational formats. Additionally, most assessments of trainee performance have suggested non-inferiority (if not superiority); however, occasional mixed findings point to a need for better assessments of the type of learning that these new formats engender: knowledge application rather than acquisition. Moreover, this field is relatively nascent and, in order to ascertain how best to integrate active learning into psychiatry education, a framework for quantitative outcome assessments is needed going forward.
Issue Date: 23-Apr-2020
Date of Acceptance: 3-Mar-2020
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/78448
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00211
ISSN: 1664-0640
Publisher: Frontiers Media
Journal / Book Title: Frontiers in Psychiatry
Volume: 11
Copyright Statement: © 2020 Sandrone, Berthaud, Carlson, Cios, Dixit, Farheen, Kraker, Owens, Patino, Sarva, Weber and Schneider. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Keywords: 1103 Clinical Sciences
1117 Public Health and Health Services
1701 Psychology
Publication Status: Published
Article Number: ARTN 211
Appears in Collections:Faculty of Medicine
Department of Brain Sciences