title: Teaching psychological processes and psychotherapy to medical students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Psychiatrists are in a key position to teach medical students about psychotherapy. Whilst at first it may appear a formidable task, it need not be so. It should however, have applicability to the bulk of students, who will not go on to psychiatry training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We outline some potentially useful strategies to help clinicians teach aspects of psychotherapy to students: making it easy and relevant, illustrating the broad applications of psychological concepts, introducing cultural references, as well as appreciating that assessment can drive learning.
authors.affiliation: Director of Clinical Teaching MBBS, Central Clinical School, Monash University and Alfred Health, Melbourne, VICPsychiatrist Alfred HealthMonash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Selzer
authors.affiliation: Head of Consultation, Liaison and Emergency Psychiatry, Alfred HealthMonash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Central Clinical School, Monash University and Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ellen
authors.affiliation: Consultant Psychiatrist, Millswyn Clinic, South Yarra, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education*; D013337:Students, Medical
keywords: medical education; psychotherapy; students