Psychiatry Residents as Interdisciplinary Teachers: the PIES Process

Educating Other Physicians in the Provision of Psychiatric Care

“…In the February 2023 issue of Academic Psychiatry, four articles add to the literature on educating non-psychiatrists to provide psychiatric care [20][21][22][23]. In Westers et al [20], a faculty psychologist developed a 45-60-min didactic curriculum on addressing adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury for pediatric residents rotating through their required adolescent medicine rotation.…”

“…Finally, in Howland et al [23], an intervention is described to help prepare psychiatric residents become interdisciplinary educators. The authors' process involves senior resident and faculty mentorship, coordination with chief residents in other specialties to identify pertinent topics, and practice talks with psychiatric residents and faculty that provide feedback to be incorporated before delivery to the target audience.…”