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Family Dyads, Emotional Labor, And The Theater Of The Clinical Encounter: Co-Constructive Patient Simulation As A Reflective Tool In Child And Adolescent Psychiatry Training, Isaiah Thomas

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Patient simulation has been used in medical education to provide a safe and supportive learning environment for learners to practice clinical and interpersonal skills. However, simulation involving pediatric medicine and child psychiatry is rare and generally does not reflect the child-caregiver dyad or the longitudinal aspects of this care and does not provide learners an opportunity to engage with and reflect on these dynamics. We organized a series of 7 observed patient simulation sessions with a cohort of 7 senior child and adolescent psychiatry fellows as an educational opportunity. In these sessions, we utilized the previously described co-constructive patient simulation …