Eight steps toward recovery-oriented psychiatry education

Abstract

Purpose

To galvanize practical discussion about how to modify psychiatry residency programs to instill the recovery paradigm into students who will become psychiatrists.

Design/methodology/approach

A review of relevant literature is undertaken.

Findings

Eight suggestions are offered to help residency programs initiate conversations about recovery.

Originality/value

There has been little, if any, discussion about how psychiatry residency programs must change in terms of curriculum and pedagogy.

Citation

Oh, H., Noordsy, D. and Roberts, G. (2013), "Eight steps toward recovery-oriented psychiatry education", The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 126-133. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-11-2012-0038