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Student Ratings of Outpatient Learning Favor Rural Community Mental Health Centers

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All students (N = 185) in 8 consecutive rotations within a private Southern schools multisite, inpatient-based psychiatry clerkship completed a survey of perceived educational experiences while assigned to 1 of 5 part-time outpatient services (usable response rate 82%). The rural community mental health center (CMHC) students reported increased 1) appreciation for the nature and implications of psychiatric disorders; 2) appreciation for treatment effectiveness; 3) interest, enjoyment, and hopefulness; 4) firsthand experience with patient evaluation and treatment; 5) community treatment resource information; and 6) teaching model helpfulness. The rural CMHC and Veterans Affairs Medical Center students reported a learning model based on experience. The rural CMHC and university student mental health service better exemplified the biopsycho-social treatment approach.

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  1. Tulane University School of Medicine, USA

    Paul Rodenhauser M.D. (professor of psychiatry assistant dean for Academic and Counseling Services, and director of medical student education in Psychiatry, adjunct professor of Health Systems management)

  2. Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    Paul Rodenhauser M.D. (professor of psychiatry assistant dean for Academic and Counseling Services, and director of medical student education in Psychiatry, adjunct professor of Health Systems management)

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Rodenhauser, P. Student Ratings of Outpatient Learning Favor Rural Community Mental Health Centers. Acad Psychiatry 21, 205–211 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341433

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