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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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