{"title":"Clinical Neuroscience Education in Psychiatry Residency Training: Where Do We Go from Here?","authors":"Yelu Zhang, Paulo Lizano","doi":"10.1097/HRP.0000000000000428","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The growing body of clinical neuroscience knowledge is transforming the psychiatry field. Today's psychiatrists must have strong command of clinical neuroscience and its applications to clinical practice. Over the past few decades, increased emphasis has been placed on clinical neuroscience education for psychiatrists and psychiatric trainees; residency training serves as a primary avenue for such educational intervention. These efforts, however, have been met with varying beliefs, attitudes, and responses. In this perspective, we examine the existing literature on clinical neuroscience education in North American psychiatry residency training programs as reported by department chairs, program directors, practicing psychiatrists, and trainees. We note key challenges, including perceived lack of clinical relevance in teaching, insufficient integration of clinical neuroscience education into residency training, and a shortage of specialized faculty educators. We summarize existing efforts to address these challenges, then propose future directions that may further advance clinical neuroscience education in psychiatric residency training. Such propositions include further developing longitudinal and integrated curricula, tailoring teaching for diverse learner and institutional needs, incorporating effective teaching methods, and continually collaborating across parties of interest.</p>","PeriodicalId":12915,"journal":{"name":"Harvard Review of Psychiatry","volume":"33 3","pages":"158-169"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Harvard Review of Psychiatry","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/HRP.0000000000000428","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PSYCHIATRY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: The growing body of clinical neuroscience knowledge is transforming the psychiatry field. Today's psychiatrists must have strong command of clinical neuroscience and its applications to clinical practice. Over the past few decades, increased emphasis has been placed on clinical neuroscience education for psychiatrists and psychiatric trainees; residency training serves as a primary avenue for such educational intervention. These efforts, however, have been met with varying beliefs, attitudes, and responses. In this perspective, we examine the existing literature on clinical neuroscience education in North American psychiatry residency training programs as reported by department chairs, program directors, practicing psychiatrists, and trainees. We note key challenges, including perceived lack of clinical relevance in teaching, insufficient integration of clinical neuroscience education into residency training, and a shortage of specialized faculty educators. We summarize existing efforts to address these challenges, then propose future directions that may further advance clinical neuroscience education in psychiatric residency training. Such propositions include further developing longitudinal and integrated curricula, tailoring teaching for diverse learner and institutional needs, incorporating effective teaching methods, and continually collaborating across parties of interest.
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The Harvard Review of Psychiatry is the authoritative source for scholarly reviews and perspectives on important topics in psychiatry. Founded by the Harvard Medical School''s Department of Psychiatry, the Harvard Review of Psychiatry features review papers that summarize and synthesize the key literature in a scholarly and clinically relevant manner. Topics covered include: Schizophrenia and related disorders; Mood disorders; Personality disorders; Substance use disorders; Anxiety; Neuroscience; Psychosocial aspects of psychiatry; Ethics; Psychiatric education; and much more.
In addition, a Clinical Challenges section presents a case with discussion from a panel of experts. Brief reviews are presented in topic-specific columns that include Cross-Cultural Psychiatry, History of Psychiatry, Ethics, and others.