title: Teaching psychiatric nursing in the classroom.
abstract: The practice in teaching psychiatric nursing to post registration student nurses at the Bethlem Royal & The Maudsley Hospital School of Nursing is described, showing the exclusive use of experiential teaching methods. Five distinct courses are conducted at present in this topic: 1 discussions based on written work; 2 discussions centring on set topics; 3 group dynamics discussions and projects; 4 psychodrama exercises; 5 supervision classes. The latter are conducted in a manner not previously described. The dependence of effective classroom teaching on the students' ward experience is demonstrated.
mesh_terms: D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011577:Psychodrama; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*