title: Psychosomatic Medicine for Non-Psychiatric Residents: Video Education and Incorporation of Technology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Psychiatric education for non-psychiatric residents varies between training programs, and may affect resident comfort with psychiatric topics. This study's goals were to identify non-psychiatric residents' comfort with psychiatric topics and to test the effectiveness of a video intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Residents in various departments were given a survey. They were asked to rank their comfort level with multiple psychiatric topics, answer questions about medical decision making capacity (MDMC), watch a 15-min video about MDMC, and answer a post-test section.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 91 Internal Medicine, General Surgery, and Obstetrics and Gynecology residents responded to the study. Of the 91 residents, 55 completed the pre- and post-test assessments. There was no significant difference in correct responses. Residents' comfort levels were assessed, and a significant improvement in comfort level with MDMC was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study highlights potential opportunities for psychiatric education, and suggests brief video interventions can increase resident physicians' comfort with a psychiatric topic.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. saundersj@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gopalan
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Azzam
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ghinassi
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Travis
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001296:Audiovisual Aids / Q000592:standards*; D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods*; D011611:Psychosomatic Medicine / Q000193:education*
keywords: Comfort; Non-psychiatric residents; Psychiatry education; Technology