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Undergraduate Education
Director: Dr. Cheryl Murphy
The psychiatry undergraduate Nunes (PGY-3) was chosen by the are followed by interactive classroom
program is designed to provide clinical clerks as the Clerks’ Choice case discussions and an additional
high quality education in psychiatry award winner for his outstanding didactic session. The third module
to Dalhousie University medical teaching efforts. Overall, our was developed under the direction
students throughout the four years of residents received 63 nominations of Dr. Shannon MacDonald as new
the Medical Doctor (M.D.) program. In from the clerks, a testament to how curriculum to enhance clerks’ helping
the pre-clinical years students receive valued they are for their dedication skills with patients identifying as
seven weeks of psychiatry content to teaching. In June, the department transgender. Mandy Esliger provided
via case-based learning, lectures, participated in the annual Global guidance to the faculty and completed
electives and hands-on psychiatric Health Office’s Link Program the development of the modules.
assessment skills training. In the preparing five students from the To date, all modules have been well
clinical years, students complete International Medical University (IMU) received by the clinical clerks.
six-weeks of core clinical experience in Malaysia for entry into Clerkship
in psychiatry combined with lectures in September. Dr. Cheryl Murphy In other aspects of clerkship, the
and self-directed learning modules. and Mandy Esliger attended the timing of the annual Med 3 Observed
Students can also complete electives Association of Directors of Medical Structured Clinical Encounter
in psychiatry throughout the M.D. Student Education in Psychiatry (OSCE) has changed from the end
program. (ADMSEP) annual meeting in New of, to midway through Med 3 to allow
Mexico returning with numerous for sufficient remediation time for
Reflecting on the annual ideas on how to innovate in the students before progressing to Med
undergraduate activities, Med 1 undergraduate curriculum. 4. The Fredericton clerkship site has
student and Psychiatry Interest transitioned from a Traditional Block
Group co-chair, Talia Bond, was Commencing the 2017/2018 Clerkship (TBC) to a Longitudinal
this years’ successful candidate to academic year, three new self- Integrated Clerkship (LIC) leaving
have her attendance at the annual directed learning modules were Saint John as the only Traditional
Psychiatry Student Interest Group introduced into the psychiatry Block Clerkship site in New
Network (PsychSIGN) conference clerkship. Two of the modules were Brunswick.
(held in conjunction with the American developed under the direction of Dr.
Psychiatric Association conference) Herb Orlik to revamp the child and Last but not least, as mentioned,
sponsored by the department. For the adolescent curriculum and introduce Dalhousie’s Medical School received
second year in a row, Dr. Abraham clinical case scenarios. The modules full accreditation for an eight-year
term.
Psychiatry Student Interest Group
The medical student Psychiatry Interest Group is in its seventh year and is currently led by first-year medical students
Talia Bond and Peri Fenwick. The group continues to work towards its mandate of increasing awareness and facilitating
discussion about mental health, as well as encouraging students’ interest in the field of psychiatry. The first event of the
year was the “Lifestyles in Medicine” night, where first and second year students had the opportunity to interact with and
learn from residents and attending physicians about the diverse opportunities available in the field of psychiatry. The
students were keen to ask questions and gain a better understanding of what a day in the life of a psychiatrist is like.
The Psychiatry Interest Group is also planning a psychiatry-based movie night with a focus on geriatric mental health, in
collaboration with Dr. Cheryl Murphy and Dr. Mark Bosma.
The Department of Psychiatry sponsors travel for a medical student to attend the annual Psychiatry Student Interest
Group Network (PsychSIGN) Conference held in conjunction with the American Psychiatric Association conference. This
year, Talia Bond was chosen to attend the conference and she is looking forward to meeting other like-minded students
interested in psychiatry.
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