Introducing medical students to cultural psychiatry: perspectives and reflections on developing and delivering an elective module

Journal article : Review

Cultural sensitivity, competence and curiosity are essential for clinicians. To promote these, we developed an elective module in cultural psychiatry for medical students, consisting of eight seminars. In seminar eight, we used film clips to teach mental state examination. We comment on the development and delivery of the module, and offer a selection of student feedback. Cultural psychiatry could be better integrated into core medical school curricula, and we call for research to explore this.

Authors: Jokinen, T; Benachar, N; Rahim, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Journal: BJPsych Bulletin
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 332-336
• Publication date: 2024-11-08
• Acceptance date: 2024-10-16
• DOI: 10.1192/bjb.2024.100
• EISSN: 2056-4708
• ISSN: 2056-4694
• Language: English
• Keywords: Transcultural psychiatry; qualitative research; stigma and discrimination; education and training; survey statistics (or survey methods)
• Subtype: Review