Use of Debate as a Pedagogical Tool in Psychiatry Residency Teaching: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: Despite the potential benefits of the use of debate as a teaching tool in promoting active self-directed and reflective learning, there are few studies examining its use within postgraduate training including psychiatry residency training. We aim to study this pedagogical tool and hypothesize that within psychiatry residency training, preference for the use of debates during teaching of a common topic is associated with better learning processes and outcomes such as better motivation, engagement of the learners, promotion of critical thinking and understanding of the subject content.

Subjects And Methods: All second-year psychiatry residents from 2015 to 2019 who underwent a specific teaching session on "Neurobiology of Psychosis" (which was conducted using debate) were administered a study questionnaire following the session.

Designing a psychological preparedness toolkit for healthcare workers in the wake of COVID-19: A Singapore perspective.

• The COVID-19 pandemic is a tensile stress test of the robustness of healthcare emergency preparedness measures. • Fear of the unknown, uncertainty, and anxiety are risk factors for burnout and trauma in healthcare workers in the wake of a pandemic. • A reliable and accurate psychological preparedness toolkit for healthcare workers is important in reducing stress and anxiety.