Acad Psychiatry 33:43-46, January-February 2009
doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.33.1.43
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Using the Technique of Journal Writing to Learn Emergency Psychiatry
Chaya Bhuvaneswar, M.D., M.P.H.,
Theodore Stern, M.D. and
Eugene Beresin, M.D.
Received July 13, 2006; revised July 18 and September 24, 2007; accepted October 10, 2007. Dr. Bhuvaneswar is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania; Drs. Stern and Beresin are affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Address correspondence to Chaya Bhuvaneswar, 3535 Market St., 2nd Floor, Outpatient Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Chaya.Bhuvaneswaren{at}uphs.upenn.edu (e-mail).
OBJECTIVE: The authors discuss journal writing in learning emergency psychiatry. METHODS: The journal of a psychiatry intern rotating through an emergency department is used as sample material for analysis that could take place in supervision or a resident support group. A range of articles are reviewed that illuminate the relevance of journal writing for the learning process, including articles about resident resilience, "autognosis," the learning process in psychiatry, and "limbic music." RESULTS: Journal writing is a useful tool in consolidating knowledge, and can be used along with traditional exercises for learning psychiatry such as writing chart notes, process notes, and completing required studies for examinations. CONCLUSION: Psychiatry training should continue to explore the use of journals as residents continue to write them.
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