Publications by authors named "Donald Fidler"
Objective: The authors review the literature about educational programs for teaching sexual history-taking skills and describe novel techniques for teaching these skills.
Methods: Psychiatric residents enrolled in a brief sexual history-taking course that included instruction on the Sexual Events Classification System, feedback on residents' video-recorded interviews with simulated patients, discussion of videos that simulated bad interviews, simulated patients, and a competency scoring form to score a video of a simulated interview. After the course, residents completed an anonymous survey to assess the usefulness of the experience.
Objective: This article 1) provides an overview of formal Health Sciences Teaching Scholars Programs as presented in medical education literature and 2) presents information about an innovative multidiscipline Teaching Scholars Program.
Method: Health Sciences Teaching Scholars Programs and similar programs were reviewed in the medical education literature to identify similar and dissimilar characteristics. The WVU Teaching Scholars Program highlighted in this article is presented with a discussion of goals, objectives, target audiences, course length, session frequency, program topics, learning methods, and assessments of the programs.
Article Synopsis
- Headspace Theater provides a role-playing approach for small groups to learn about psychiatric conditions through immersive scenarios.
- The authors conducted research on role-playing methods and consulted experts to develop effective teaching techniques.
- Participants found the experience impactful, enhancing empathy and understanding of mental health experiences, and some have shared these techniques in their teaching environments.