title: Promoting interdisciplinary collaboration: trainees addressing siloed medical education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Professional siloing within medical institutions has been identified as a problem in medical education, including resident training. The authors discuss how trainees from different disciplines can collaborate to address this problem.
  
  
  METHODS
  A group of trainees from psychiatry, developmental medicine, neurology, and education came together to develop a community of practice (CoP) to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A key outcome was the development of a seminar including speakers and attendees (N=20 to 35) from psychiatry, developmental medicine, neurology, and education. The CoP, developed in 2008, continues to grow and develop through their seminar, which fosters institution-wide interdisciplinary collaboration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In an attempt to break down interdisciplinary silos, a CoP and interdisciplinary seminar were created. Trainee organizers benefited from an educational context that embodied adult-learning theory and promoted lifelong learning. The unique seminar that was created continues to promote a community sense of learning and practice. Outcome measures are currently being used to objectively measure these efforts.
authors: Dept. of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. robert.kitts@childrens.harvard.edu
authors: Robert Li
authors: RL
authors: Kitts
authors: Joanna
authors: J
authors: Christodoulou
authors: Stuart
authors: S
authors: Goldman
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000193:education; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education