Publications by authors named "Chris Bampton"

Objective: The purpose of the study was to explore the feasibility of using appreciative inquiry in a peer group of psychiatry residents.

Methods: A peer coaching exercise using appreciative inquiry was modeled to a group of psychiatry residents who practised the approach. The topics discussed in separate sessions 1 month apart were values and identity as a psychiatrist, dealing with conflict and working within the psychiatric system.

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Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the method and relevance of infant observation as a unique and powerful learning tool for psychiatrists.

Conclusion: Infant observation provides a privileged entry into an infant's internal world to observe its earliest mental life. Weekly consecutive observations of the mother-baby dyad, combined with the process of supervision, enable identification of emergent and changing patterns in the relationship.

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