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With decreasing research grant contributions and rapid advancements in psychiatric knowledge, it proves to be a challenging time for academic psychiatrists. Faculty and researchers need to develop new strategies for funding research as well as for keeping medical student curricula up-to-date with the latest psychiatric developments. The Handbook of Psychiatric Education and Faculty Development is a comprehensive guide to the current issues and challenges of psychiatric educators, researchers, and administrators. The book's numerous contributors have pooled their collective knowledge to address The requirements and resources necessary for a successful career as the clinician-educator, researcher, or administrator Career paths and development issues for academic psychiatrists including factors determining success, mentorship opportunities, criteria for promotion, and tips for publication writing and research The latest information important to experienced psychiatric faculty, including training and education models, techniques for developing and monitoring curricula, sources of material, student evaluation and feedback, educational collaboration with other specialties, and student recruitment Useful tips for the researcher, such as sources for ideas, principle types of designs, ways to get funding, and how to do research without grant support How to teach, evaluate, and administer all aspects of medical student educational programs, residency training, and continuing medical education activities Complete with numerous charts, tables, and illustrations, this handbook is a one-stop resource for current psychiatric faculty and a good source of information (and inspiration) for residents contemplating such a career.
Introduction. Section I: Career Pathways in Academic Psychiatry. The development of academic psychiatrists. Development as an educator. Writing for publication. Women in academic psychiatry. Minorities in academic psychiatry. International medical graduates. Psychiatric organizations and professional development. Section II: Psychiatric Research. Development as a researcher. Generating and implementing research ideas. Getting funding for research. Doing research without grant support. Section III: Psychiatric Education. Preclinical undergraduate curricula. Psychiatric clerkships. Undergraduate electives and special activities. Evaluation of students. Educational collaboration with other specialties. Administration of residency programs. Developing and monitoring the curriculum. Fulfilling the special requirements. Evaluation of residents. Special problems. Professional development. Special events. Subspecialization and fellowships. Training in child and adolescent psychiatry. Recruitment of residents. Continuing medical education in psychiatry. Section IV: Psychiatric Administration. Development as an administrator. Health care systems and academic psychiatry. Academic psychiatry and the public sector. Canadian solutions to constricting academic resources. Index.
