title: Catatonia Education: Needs Assessment and Brief Online Intervention.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There are no studies investigating physicians' knowledge of catatonia. The authors aimed to assess and increase physicians' awareness of catatonia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey with clinical questions about catatonia was administered, followed by a brief online teaching module about catatonia and a post-education survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-one psychiatry residents (response rate, 70%) and 36 internal medicine residents (response rate, 34%) participated in the pre-education survey. Psychiatry residents identified 75% of the correct answers about catatonia, compared to 32% correct by internal medicine residents (p < 0.001). Twenty participants (response rate, 35%) completed the online education module and second survey, which resulted in a significant improvement in correct response rates from 60 to 83% in all the participants (p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Residents' baseline knowledge of catatonia is low, particularly among internal medicine residents. A brief online module improved resident physicians' knowledge of catatonia. Educational strategies to improve recognition of catatonia should be implemented.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. jcooper1@bsd.uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roig Llesuy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002389:Catatonia; D003479:Curriculum; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*
keywords: Catatonia; Education; Neuropsychiatry