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1Older Persons Mental Health Service, Kirwan Health Campus, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Objective:
To reflect on the importance of teaching formulation skills in psychiatry training and explore how creative writing, particularly writing poetry, can help achieve this goal.
Conclusions:
It is vital that formulation skills are embedded throughout psychiatry training. Formulations have an artistic element, and writing poetry can help foster a capacity for curiosity that can assist trainees in developing these skills.
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