title: How we developed a trainee-led book group as a supplementary education tool for psychiatric training in the 21st century.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Postgraduate medical education has, in recent years, become a dynamic field with the increasing availability of innovative and interactive teaching techniques. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the current focus of psychiatric training on the acquisition of scientific and clinical knowledge is inadequate to address the multidimensional nature of psychiatry. Supplementary teaching tools may be usefully applied to address this need.
  
  
  METHODS
  A group of trainees at the Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry (UK) pioneered the use of a book group as an innovative teaching tool to enhance the psychiatric training experience by, amongst other aspects, facilitating dialogue between peers on fundamental epistemological issues raised by critical engagement with seminal psychiatric texts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Feedback from members suggested that participation in the book group broadened the overall learning potential and experience of psychiatry. The key ingredients were identified as: (i) collaborative peer-to-peer learning; (ii) the use of 'flipped classroom' model; and (iii) joint ownership.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The book group has demonstrated real potential to facilitate direct trainee engagement with the multi-faceted nature of psychiatry as a complex humanistic discipline within an informal learning space.
authors.affiliation: a Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry , London , UK .
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.affiliation: b South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK , and.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.affiliation: b South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK , and.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: b South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK , and.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore , USA.
authors.forename: Margaret S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chisolm
authors.affiliation: b South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK , and.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Conlan
mesh_terms: D001877:Books; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D006113:United Kingdom