Training Psychiatry Residents in Professionalism in the Digital World.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-2017
Abstract
Professionalism is an abstract concept which makes it difficult to define, assess and teach. An additional layer of complexity is added when discussing professionalism in the context of digital technology, the internet and social media - the digital world. Current physicians-in-training (residents and fellows) are digital natives having been raised in a digital, media saturated world. Consequently, their use of digital technology and social media has been unconstrained - a reflection of it being integral to their social construct and identity. Cultivating the professional identity and therefore professionalism is the charge of residency training programs. Residents have shown negative and hostile attitudes to formalized professionalism curricula in training. Approaches to these curricula need to consider the learning style of Millennials and incorporate more active learning techniques that utilize technology. Reviewing landmark position papers, guidelines and scholarly work can therefore be augmented with use of vignettes and technology that are available to residency training programs for use with their Millennial learners.
Volume
88
Issue
2
First Page
263
Last Page
270
ISSN
1573-6709
Published In/Presented At
John, N. J., Shelton, P. G., Lang, M. C., & Ingersoll, J. (2017). Training Psychiatry Residents in Professionalism in the Digital World. The Psychiatric quarterly, 88(2), 263–270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-016-9473-8
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Psychiatry
PubMedID
27796921
Department(s)
Department of Psychiatry
Document Type
Article