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Training Psychiatric Residents and Fellows in a Telepsychiatry Clinic: A Supervision Model

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Objectives

The authors assess the effectiveness of a specialized telepsychiatry training and supervision training model.

Methods

Fifteen residents and eight child fellows rotated through Cedars Sinai Medical Center Telepsychiatry Developmental Disability Clinic and completed questionnaires of knowledge and self-assessed skills at commencement and completion of the rotation. The supervision was on site, side-by-side, and directive.

Results

Both the residents and the fellows demonstrated improvement. Increase in knowledge was equal in the study cohorts, while residents’ self-assessed skills were significantly greater than the fellows’.

Conclusion

A telepsychiatry clinic appears to be an appropriate setting in which to provide direct supervision. Exposure to such opportunities early in training may yield a greater impact.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8730 Alden Dr. #W128 Thalians, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA

    Roxy Szeftel M.D., Rashelle Hakak B.A., Stephanie Meyer Ph.D., Syed Naqvi M.D., Heidi Sulman-Smith M.D.,  Katia Delrahim M.P.P., M.B.A. & Mark Rapaport M.D.

  2. Departments of Public Health, University of San Diego and San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    Katia Delrahim M.P.P., M.B.A.

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Szeftel, R., Hakak, R., Meyer, S. et al. Training Psychiatric Residents and Fellows in a Telepsychiatry Clinic: A Supervision Model. Acad Psychiatry 32, 393–399 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.32.5.393

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