A teaching drill in child psychiatry

Abstract

The authors report on a teaching drill for psychiatric trainees that tests their ability to communicate child psychiatry concepts to a nonpsychiatric physician and to parents of a disturbed child as well as their abilities in the role of a supervisor and a "visiting professor." It was found that the drill was a learning experience for the trainees that focused attention on their problems in integrating their psychiatric skills and identity with their identification with the medical model.