Meeting Highlights on Psychosis and Schizophrenia: The 3rd Annual Chair Summit

The Institute of Medicine report Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health Professions (2010) calls for CME to align learning with health professionals’ needs. To meet that goal, The 3rd Annual Chair Summit, The Master Class for Neuroscience Professional Development, held in Chicago, Illinois (August 2010), brought together chairpersons in psychiatry and neurology to act as expert peer teachers for frontline clinician learners. Faculty and learners collaboratively evaluated evidence, shared ideas and clinical practice challenges, developed individualized clinical strategies, explored the role of the multidisciplinary team, discussed health-system issues, and translated the neuroscience discoveries into patient-centered practice improvements. This third article in the CME-certified companion series, “Meeting Highlights of the 3^rd Annual Chair Summit, The Master Class for Neuroscience Professional Development, 2010,” will analyze plenary and breakout educational sessions on psychosis and schizophrenia genetic research, clinical research, and patient care. Highlights of the important issues related to management of psychosis and extreme or violent situations are discussed. Two clinical case challenges help cement previous learning and encourage readers to consider management options and sketch out patient-centered, tailored treatment plans. Summary points connecting research to clinical practice for each topic are also presented.