Abstract
Objective: With a rise in remote clinical practice related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a novel remote psychotherapy curriculum was presented to psychiatry residents and fellows to address the urgent need to teach trainees how to adapt traditional psychotherapy skills to telepsychiatry settings. Methods: Trainees completed a survey before and after receiving the curriculum to assess remote psychotherapy skills and areas for growth. Results: Eighteen trainees (24% fellows, 77% residents) completed the pre-curriculum survey, and 28 trainees (26% fellows, 74% residents) completed the post-curriculum survey. Thirty-five percent of pre-curriculum participants indicated no experience with remote psychotherapy. Technology (24%) and patient engagement (29%) were identified as the greatest challenges in providing teletherapy pre-curriculum. Content related to patient care (69%) and technology (31%) was of most interest to pre-curriculum participants and identified as most helpful post-curriculum (53% and 26%, respectively). After receiving the curriculum, most trainees planned to make internal, provider-related changes to their remote teletherapy practice. Conclusions: The remote psychotherapy curriculum was well received by psychiatry trainees who had limited experience with remote clinical practice prior to the pandemic.
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Academic Psychiatry |
DOIs | |
State | Accepted/In press - 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023, This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply 2023 .
Keywords
- Curriculum
- Psychotherapy
- Telehealth
- Telepsychiatry
- Virtual
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article