Main description:

This book functions as a guide for leaders in academic and non-academic settings who are interested in developing, managing, or improving new or existing psychiatry residency programs. It notes the complexity of administering a residency program with ready solutions and tactics.

Unique and comprehensive, this book contains chapters that focus on key areas of residency program management and innovation including but not limited to: meeting accreditation requirements, clinical and didactic curriculum, managing resident and faculty performance issues, research and scholarly activity in residency programs, rural training programs, and faculty development.

Graduate Medical Education in Psychiatry is an invaluable resource for medical education leaders, as well as trainees and those interested in psychiatric residency or academic psychiatry in general.

Contents:

Introduction to graduate medical education.- Starting a new residency program or residency track.- Understanding and meeting program accreditation requirements.- Building your residency leadership team.- Negotiation and collaboration as a program director.- Resident recruitment.- Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.- Resident onboarding and orientation.- Promoting a positive learning environment.- Clinical and didactic curricula.- Psychopharmacology education.- Psychotherapy education.- Professionalism.- Interprofessional education.- Teaching residents about advocacy.- Resident assessment and evaluation.- Managing resident and faculty performance issues.- Preparing residents for fellowship.- Career counselling for residents.- Resident, faculty, and overall program wellness.- Managing change within a residency program.- Faculty development.- Research and scholarly activity during psychiatry residency.- Considerations for rural training programs.- Future challenges and considerations.