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Visualizing psychiatric formulation.

Hussain Alyami¹, Frederick Sundram², Andrew G Hill³

¹Psychiatric Registrar, Mental Health Services of Older People, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, and; Clinical Fellow, Centre of Health System Innovation and Improvement (Ko Awatea), Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand haly282@aucklanduni.ac.nz.

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This study introduces a visual metaphor to help medical students and trainees learn psychiatric formulation. This innovative teaching tool aims to improve understanding and application of this complex clinical skill.

Keywords:

learning tool psychiatric formulation psychological formulation visual metaphor

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Area of Science:

Psychiatry
Medical Education

Background:

Psychiatric formulation is a critical clinical skill.
Medical students and trainees find psychiatric formulation challenging to master.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel visual metaphor for conceptualizing psychiatric formulation.
To enhance the teaching and learning of psychiatric formulation skills.

Main Methods:

Development of a visual metaphor to represent psychiatric formulation.
Application of the metaphor in an educational context.

Main Results:

The visual metaphor aids in conceptualizing the complex process of psychiatric formulation.
It facilitates the activation of prior knowledge for learners.

Conclusions:

The proposed visual metaphor is expected to improve educators' and learners' understanding of psychiatric formulation.
Further educational research is needed to validate the effectiveness of this learning tool.