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Setting Common Standards for Reproductive Psychiatry Education: Effectiveness of the National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry

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Abstract

Objective

The National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry (NCRP) provides standardized education for psychiatry residency training programs. The authors hypothesized that residents’ preparedness to treat reproductive psychiatric concerns and their medical knowledge would improve following teaching with the NCRP.

Methods

Pre- and post-assessments were administered to residents enrolled in two waves of pilot NCRP training (Early-Modules and All-Modules). Data were collected by individual survey, and pre- and post-responses matched via anonymous ID. Statistical analyses were conducted using R version 3.5.3 and included paired Student’s t-tests and a chi-square test.

Results

Thirty-eight residents completed the Early-Modules survey and 16 the All-Modules survey. In both groups, there was significant improvement in preparedness to treat pregnant and postpartum women with mental illness (p<0.05). Scores on the 29-point knowledge test rose by 2.5 points in the Early-Modules group and 4.3 points in the All-Modules group (p<0.001 for both). In both cohorts, a majority of residents felt reproductive psychiatry was among the top three specialties needed to become competent independent adult psychiatrists.

Conclusions

Classroom training with local faculty using a standardized curriculum is feasible and results in substantial and significant improvements in both feelings of preparedness and medical knowledge. Psychiatry trainees view training in reproductive psychiatry as an important and missing aspect of their education. Dissemination of a standardized curriculum may help to forge a path toward subspecialty certification for reproductive psychiatry, and can be used as a model for other specialties.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the psychiatry residents who participated in these didactics, as well as the work of the Education Committee of Marcé of North America and other authors of the National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry.

Funding

This work was funded by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology’s Faculty Innovation in Education Award. In addition, Dr. Osborne’s time was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health K23 MH110607 and Dr. Standeven’s by the National Institutes of Health’s Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health K12HD085845.

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    Courtney Erdly, Semra Etyemez, Lindsay R. Standeven & Lauren M. Osborne

  2. University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

    Sarah Nagle-Yang

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Erdly, C., Etyemez, S., Standeven, L.R. et al. Setting Common Standards for Reproductive Psychiatry Education: Effectiveness of the National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry. Acad Psychiatry 47, 63–68 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-022-01663-8

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