The Nottingham experiential day in psychotherapy: a new approach to teaching psychotherapy to medical students.
A prime objective in teaching psychotherapy to medical students is to convey a practical understanding of what happens and a sense of the pleasure and responsibility of working with another person to improve the quality of their relationships. In Nottingham an experiential day was developed during the psychiatry clerkship; the teaching is by doing rather than describing, while spontaneity and individual expression are encouraged; the experience is valued by most and forgotten by none; it would be improved by a second experiential day or by a weekly forum for discussion of the personal and patient-care issues raised.
D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching; D013997:Time Factors