Episodes

  • Humanities in Psychiatry (Part 2)

    Humanities in Psychiatry (Part 2)
    Jul 1 2024
    Welcome to the Association for Academic Psychiatry Podcast! This podcast series is designed to highlight topics relevant to academic psychiatrists worldwide. Our third episode features a panel discussion about the humanities and psychiatry with Drs. Mary Blazek, Meg Chisolm, and David Elkin. Dr. Blazek is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, where she directs the Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic and the Medical Humanities Path of Excellence. She holds a Master of Education in Health Professions from the Johns Hopkins School of Education and served as a Design Partner Fellow of the inaugural Harvard Macy Art Museum-based Health Professions Education Fellowship. She employs the arts to engage medical students at the interface between medicine and the humanities, enhance their development as emerging physicians, and promote wellness in physicians and patients. Dr. Chisolm is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, with a secondary appointment in the department of Internal Medicine. She is a member of the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence and the Director of the Paul McHugh Program for Human Flourishing where she uses the arts and humanities to explore the ‘big questions’ with medical learners. She completed the Harvard Macy Institute Art Museum-based Health Professions Education fellowship and is a certified Visual Thinking Strategies facilitator and coach. Dr. Elkin is a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, co-coordinator for medical student education and co-director of the Consultation Liaison Service at ZSFG. He also heads the hospital's Physician Well-Being Committee, is an active member of the hospital's ethics committee, and serves as a physician sponsor for Schwartz Rounds. His areas of interest include education and pedagogy, critical thinking, ethics and the medical humanities. For those interested in learning more, please check out the following resources: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2018. doi:10.17226/24988 Howley L, Gaufberg E, King B. The Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education. Washington, DC: AAMC; 2020. https://store.aamc.org/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/382/ Moniz T, Golafshani M, Gaspar CM, et al. How are the arts and humanities used in medical education? results of a scoping review. Acad Med. 2021;96(8):1213-1222. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000004118 Tackett S, Eller L, Scharff S, et al. Transformative experiences at art museums to support flourishing in medicine. Med Educ Online. 2023;28(1):2202914. doi:10.1080/10872981.2023.2202914 Yaden ME, Sawaya RT, Reddy J, et al. A systematic review of the arts and humanities in psychiatry education. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2023;35(7-8):540-550. doi:10.1080/09540261.2023.2278718 Ryznar E, Kelly-Hedrick M, Yenawine P, Chisolm MS. Relevance of Visual Thinking Strategies for psychiatry training. Acad Psychiatry. 2023;47(1):78-81. doi:10.1007/s40596-022-01590-8 Leonpacher AK, Chisolm MS. Mentored Writing: an arts-based curriculum for first-year psychiatry residents. Acad Psychiatry. 2016;40(6):947-949. doi:10.1007/s40596-016-0600-5 Chisolm M, Azzam A, Ayyala M, Levine R, Wright S. What's a book club doing at a medical conference? MedEdPublish. 2018;7:146. doi:10.15694/mep.2018.0000146.1 Kelly-Hedrick M, Chugh N, Williams R, Smyth Zahra F, Stephens M, Chisolm MS. The online "Personal Responses Tour": adapting an art museum-based activity for a virtual setting. Acad Psychiatry. 2022;46(4):510-514. doi:10.1007/s40596-021-01505-z To stay in touch, follow us on Twitter (@AAPsychiatry) and Instagram (@assocacadpsych). You can contact us by email at admin@academicpsychiatry.org. For more information, please visit our website at academicpsychiatry.org.
    Show more Show less
    21 mins
  • Humanities in Psychiatry (Part 1)

    Humanities in Psychiatry (Part 1)
    Jul 1 2024
    Welcome to the Association for Academic Psychiatry Podcast! This podcast series is designed to highlight topics relevant to academic psychiatrists worldwide. Our third episode features a panel discussion about the humanities and psychiatry with Drs. Mary Blazek, Meg Chisolm, and David Elkin. Dr. Blazek is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, where she directs the Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic and the Medical Humanities Path of Excellence. She holds a Master of Education in Health Professions from the Johns Hopkins School of Education and served as a Design Partner Fellow of the inaugural Harvard Macy Art Museum-based Health Professions Education Fellowship. She employs the arts to engage medical students at the interface between medicine and the humanities, enhance their development as emerging physicians, and promote wellness in physicians and patients. Dr. Chisolm is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, with a secondary appointment in the department of Internal Medicine. She is a member of the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence and the Director of the Paul McHugh Program for Human Flourishing where she uses the arts and humanities to explore the ‘big questions’ with medical learners. She completed the Harvard Macy Institute Art Museum-based Health Professions Education fellowship and is a certified Visual Thinking Strategies facilitator and coach. Dr. Elkin is a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, co-coordinator for medical student education and co-director of the Consultation Liaison Service at ZSFG. He also heads the hospital's Physician Well-Being Committee, is an active member of the hospital's ethics committee, and serves as a physician sponsor for Schwartz Rounds. His areas of interest include education and pedagogy, critical thinking, ethics and the medical humanities. For those interested in learning more, please check out the following resources: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2018. doi:10.17226/24988 Howley L, Gaufberg E, King B. The Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education. Washington, DC: AAMC; 2020. https://store.aamc.org/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/382/ Moniz T, Golafshani M, Gaspar CM, et al. How are the arts and humanities used in medical education? results of a scoping review. Acad Med. 2021;96(8):1213-1222. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000004118 Tackett S, Eller L, Scharff S, et al. Transformative experiences at art museums to support flourishing in medicine. Med Educ Online. 2023;28(1):2202914. doi:10.1080/10872981.2023.2202914 Yaden ME, Sawaya RT, Reddy J, et al. A systematic review of the arts and humanities in psychiatry education. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2023;35(7-8):540-550. doi:10.1080/09540261.2023.2278718 Ryznar E, Kelly-Hedrick M, Yenawine P, Chisolm MS. Relevance of Visual Thinking Strategies for psychiatry training. Acad Psychiatry. 2023;47(1):78-81. doi:10.1007/s40596-022-01590-8 Leonpacher AK, Chisolm MS. Mentored Writing: an arts-based curriculum for first-year psychiatry residents. Acad Psychiatry. 2016;40(6):947-949. doi:10.1007/s40596-016-0600-5 Chisolm M, Azzam A, Ayyala M, Levine R, Wright S. What's a book club doing at a medical conference? MedEdPublish. 2018;7:146. doi:10.15694/mep.2018.0000146.1 Kelly-Hedrick M, Chugh N, Williams R, Smyth Zahra F, Stephens M, Chisolm MS. The online "Personal Responses Tour": adapting an art museum-based activity for a virtual setting. Acad Psychiatry. 2022;46(4):510-514. doi:10.1007/s40596-021-01505-z To stay in touch, follow us on Twitter (@AAPsychiatry) and Instagram (@assocacadpsych). You can contact us by email at admin@academicpsychiatry.org. For more information, please visit our website at academicpsychiatry.org.
    Show more Show less
    21 mins
  • Mentorship (with Dr. Shaheen Darani)

    Mentorship (with Dr. Shaheen Darani)
    Jun 12 2023

    Welcome to the Association for Academic Psychiatry Podcast! This podcast series is designed to highlight topics relevant to academic psychiatrists worldwide.

    Our second episode — hosted by AAP Communications Committee member Nikhita Singhal, a psychiatry resident at the University of Toronto — features a discussion about the importance of mentorship and an introduction to the AAP’s new mentorship program with Dr. Shaheen Darani, a clinician educator and assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and staff psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Dr. Darani also sits on the executive board of the AAP, where she leads mentorship activities within the organization as Chair of the Career Development Committee.

    For those interested in learning more, please check out the following resources:

    • Mentor Pairing Program surveys:

      • Mentee Form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/24_Mentee

      • Mentor Form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/24_Mentor

    • AAP Mentor-Mentee Matching Program materials

      • Module 1: Preparing for mentorship & the start of the mentoring relationship

      • Module 2: Checking in on the mentoring relationship

      • Module 3: Termination and transition

    • The Mentor’s Guide and The Mentee’s Guide by Lois J. Zachary

    This episode would not have been possible without the mentorship and guidance of the AAP’s Communications Committee Co-Chair Dr. Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, a geriatric psychiatrist at Baylor College of Medicine and staff physician at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.

    To stay in touch, follow us on Twitter (@AAPsychiatry) and Instagram (@assocacadpsych). You can contact us by email at admin@academicpsychiatry.org. For more information, please visit our website at academicpsychiatry.org.
    Show more Show less
    16 mins
  • Climate Change and Mental Health (with Dr. Andreea Seritan)

    Climate Change and Mental Health (with Dr. Andreea Seritan)
    May 20 2023
    Welcome to the Association for Academic Psychiatry Podcast! This podcast series is designed to highlight topics relevant to academic psychiatrists worldwide. Our first episode — hosted by the AAP’s Communications Committee Co-Chair, Dr. Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, a geriatric psychiatrist at Baylor College of Medicine and staff physician at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center— features a conversation on the intersection between climate change and mental health with Dr. Andreea Seritan, a geriatric psychiatrist and professor of clinical psychiatry and neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Seritan co-founded the Climate Change and Mental Health Task Force in her department, which aims to educate psychiatrists, learners, colleagues in other disciplines, and the public on the mental health impacts of climate change. For those interested in learning more, please check out the following resources: 4-minute video on talking about climate change: The SECRET to talking about climate change American Psychiatric Association webpage: How Extreme Weather Events Affect Mental Health American Psychological Association and ecoAmerica report: Mental Health and Our Changing Climate, 2021 Edition Yale Climate Change and Health Online Certificate Program Academic Psychiatry Climate Change and Mental Health Education collection Penaskovic KM, Zeng X, Burgin S, Sowa NA. Telehealth: Reducing Patients' Greenhouse Gas Emissions at One Academic Psychiatry Department. Acad Psychiatry. 2022 Oct;46(5):569-573. doi: 10.1007/s40596-022-01698-x [article highlighted in episode] Seritan AL, Coverdale J, Brenner AM. Climate Change and Mental Health Curricula: Addressing Barriers to Teaching. Acad Psychiatry. 2022 Oct;46(5):551-555. doi: 10.1007/s40596-022-01625-0 [article highlighted in episode] Global Consortium of Climate and Health Education: Climate Resources for Health Education Initiative [repository of ready-made learning objectives, problem-based learning cases, and slides that can be incorporated into medical school and psychiatry residency curricula] Climate Psychiatry Alliance: Climate Change Resources [toolkits for patients, providers, and a climate-aware therapist directory] Climate Psychology Alliance American Academy of Pediatrics: How to Talk With Children About Climate Change New England Journal of Medicine module: The Climate Crisis — Health and Care Delivery UCSF Climate Change and Mental Health Task Force: https://psych.ucsf.edu/climatechange UCSF webinar on climate change and health/education/sustainability: Classes Without Quizzes: Climate Change, Human Health, and New Medical Career Paths Audio editing for this episode was completed by Nikhita Singhal, a psychiatry resident at the University of Toronto and member of the AAP Communications Committee. To stay in touch, follow us on Twitter (@AAPsychiatry) and Instagram (@assocacadpsych). You can contact us by email at admin@academicpsychiatry.org. For more information, please visit our website at academicpsychiatry.org.
    Show more Show less
    26 mins