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Rob Selzer1, Steven Ellen2, Robert Adler3
1Director of Clinical Teaching MBBS, Central Clinical School, Monash University and Alfred Health, Melbourne, VICPsychiatrist Alfred HealthMonash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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.
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