Teaching psychiatry in a new medical school: a multimedia approach.
As a developing department in a new medical school, we were able to improve our curriculum by using a multimedia approach to teaching psychiatry. We relied heavily on a programmed self-instructional text with videotaped clinical examples (PLS), learning objectives, formal classroom presentations, small group discussions, self-assessment exercises, an affective approach to the patient-doctor relationship using role-playing and videotaped patient vignettes, and finally live patient interviews. We believe we have been able to present the widely agreed upon content in the basic science years, using a wide variety of teaching materials and technics which maintain the interest of most students.
D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013664:Teaching Materials; D013781:Texas