Joseph D. Guillory, Vishal J. Thakkar, Adriane M. dela Cruz
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Abstract
Objective
Recovery‑oriented care emphasizes supporting individuals with serious mental illness in building meaningful, self-directed lives. This brief report describes a 4‑h, community‑based didactic held at a local clubhouse and evaluates its impact on psychiatry residents’ perceptions of recovery‑oriented care.
Methods
Fifty-nine postgraduate year-2 psychiatry residents participated in a 4‑h didactic at a community clubhouse across two training years. Residents completed a 12-item survey assessing perceived importance of, training in, and comfort with recovery‑oriented care immediately before and after the session. An open-ended question gathered post-session feedback.
Results
Residents’ agreement with all survey items increased significantly from pre‑ to post-didactic. The largest increases were observed in comfort discussing recovery-oriented care with patients, colleagues, and community organizations, and in comfort applying recovery principles in clinical practice. Qualitative responses most commonly reflected gratitude for the experience and emphasized the value of peer-led, community-based learning.
Conclusion
A brief, clubhouse-based didactic was associated with increased recognition of the importance of recovery‑oriented care and greater comfort engaging with recovery principles. Community‑based, peer‑led educational experiences may be a valuable component of psychiatry residency training.
期刊介绍:
Academic Psychiatry is the international journal of the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, Association for Academic Psychiatry, and Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry.
Academic Psychiatry publishes original, scholarly work in psychiatry and the behavioral sciences that focuses on innovative education, academic leadership, and advocacy.
The scope of the journal includes work that furthers knowledge and stimulates evidence-based advances in academic psychiatry in the following domains: education and training, leadership and administration, career and professional development, ethics and professionalism, and health and well-being.