Transforming a clinical clerkship with team learning.

Background: Team learning, an innovative educational method combining interactive small group learning with expert-based content delivery, was introduced into our psychiatry clerkship in 2002. The main goal was to increase classroom engagement and improve educational outcomes.

Description: Eight of 16 lectures were replaced with team learning activities, including prerequisite readings, readiness assurance tests, and application exercises.

A study to evaluate the use of extended release divalproex.

BACKGROUND Delayed release divalproex has become a mainstay in the treatment of many psychiatric conditions. An extended release preparation with different pharmacokinetics is now available, but its efficacy in psychiatric patients has yet to be established. METHODS The authors report a retrospective chart review of psychiatric outpatients treated with extended release divalproex.