An innovative and collaborative teaching approach to delivering mental health capabilities in the UK Foundation Programme Curriculum 2021.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Lewis, Fergus; Hall, Ian; Polledri, Luca
- Source
- BJPsych Bulletin. Dec2023, Vol. 47 Issue 6, p347-351. 5p.
- Subject
- *TEACHING teams
*MENTAL health
*PHYSICIANS
- Language
- ISSN
- 2056-4694
About 45% of foundation doctors in the UK now have a placement in psychiatry. However, the current UK Foundation Programme Curriculum states that all foundation doctors need to demonstrate basic mental health-related capabilities. To address this we developed a novel teaching approach to cover these new capabilities using principles of team-based learning (TBL). This can be delivered to all foundation doctors both face to face and online using case scenarios and in no more than 4 hours over the 2-year foundation programme. The approach can be easily be replicated, but collaboration between mental health and acute trusts is essential for delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]