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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Psychiatry
  • Professionalism Studies

Background:

  • Medical professionalism is crucial but challenging to teach and assess.
  • Psychiatrists possess unique skills for teaching professionalism due to its psychodynamic components.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe an innovative psychodynamic curriculum for teaching medical professionalism.
  • To evaluate the impact of this curriculum on medical students' professionalism and emotional intelligence.

Main Methods:

  • A novel 2-year curriculum using psychodynamic principles and narrative exercises.
  • Assessment via student ratings, faculty evaluations, and emotional intelligence (EI) testing.

Main Results:

  • Statistically significant increases in EI scores annually.
  • The course received top student evaluations and led to increased psychiatry residency applications.
  • The program received the 2018 AOA Edward B. Harris Medical Professionalism Award.

Conclusions:

  • Psychodynamic principles are effective for teaching medical professionalism to students.
  • This approach successfully introduces students to psychiatry early in their education.