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Teaching Psychiatry in Osteopathic Medical Schools: A Survey of Current Curriculum and a Suggested Primary Care Approach

Journal: The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association Date: 2009/08, 109(8):Pages: 460. doi: Subito , type of study: descriptive study

Full text    (https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7556/jaoa.2009.109.8.425/html)

Keywords:

curriculum [289]
descriptive study [67]
medical schools [188]
osteopathic medicine [2016]
primary care [65]
psychiatry [20]
USA [1630]

Abstract:

Hypothesis: The current research analyzes the prevalence of dedicated psychiatry instruction in the curricula of the current osteopathic medical schools to show that psychiatry is often underemphasized given its prevalence in primary care practice. Materials and Methods: The curricula of the current osteopathic medical schools were obtained from the Web sites of the schools that have online access available for incoming students. The preclinical and clinical curricula were analyzed separately with attention to the psychiatry and behavioral health courses offered. Data was separately obtained via literature search and tabulated to find the most common complaints and disorders seen in primary care. Results: The curricular analysis showed a lack of dedicated psychiatry training in preclinical courses for the majority of the current osteopathic medical schools. However, all current osteopathic medical schools require a clinical rotation in psychiatry or behavioral health. The data from the most commonly seen primary care disorders shows depression and anxiety near the top of family practice encounters while attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is near the top of pediatric encounters. Conclusions: Based on the current curricular offerings and the most commonly diagnosed and treated disorders in primary care, a proposed primary care psychiatry curriculum was constructed and is introduced here. This proposed curriculum will aid osteopathic medical schools in deciding which psychiatric disorders should be emphasized to help their students—the majority of whom pursue careers in primary care—prepare for medical practice. A psychiatry curriculum that includes these disorders, and others seen commonly in primary care, should help prepare osteopathic medical students to treat psychiatric disorders more effectively in the future.


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