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Postgraduate training for young psychiatrists—experience of the Berlin Summer School

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

A. Mihai ,
A. Ströhle ,
N. Maric ,
A. Heinz ,
H. Helmchen  and
N. Sartorius
A. Mihai
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tg. Mures, Romania
A. Ströhle*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Campus Mitte, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Schumannstr. 20-21, 10117Berlin, Germany
N. Maric
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Belgrade, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
A. Heinz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Campus Mitte, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Schumannstr. 20-21, 10117Berlin, Germany
H. Helmchen
Affiliation:
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science, Berlin, Germany
N. Sartorius
Affiliation:
Chemin Colladon 14, 1209Geneva, Switzerland
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: andreas.stroehle@charite.de (A. Ströhle).
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Abstract

Background

Growing professional exchange between Eastern and Western European countries increases the possibilities for international postgraduate training courses and by that satisfying the need for rapid and facilitation of travel and migration in the enlarged European Union increase achieving high standards. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a summer school program that trained young Eastern European psychiatrists and to assess the impact of the program on their professional development and future activities.

Method

We evaluated the training effect of the first 3 years of the Berlin Summer School with respect to (1) the participants' satisfaction with the topics, quality and originality of the presentations, and (2) long-term effects and implications for their professional career. All participants (N = 43) filled out anonymously the evaluation form at the end of each summer school. An evaluation of long-term effects was carried out 2 years later with a questionnaire that was sent via e-mail to all former participants.

Results

Participants were most satisfied with practical topics such as “how to prepare a paper”, “how to evaluate a paper”, or “how to participate in a congress.” The appreciation of the presented topics and the appreciation of courses increased in each consecutive summer school. All summer school participants reported that the course had some influence on their future career, and one fifth of the participants felt that their professional development was influenced “a lot”.

Conclusions

Although limited to 1 week of intensive training, a summer school program can have a longer lasting positive influence on the professional development of the participants. Participants felt that particularly the training of practical skills improved their research performance. Former participants founded an independent multicentric and multinational research group and supported national courses that were organized similar to the Berlin Summer School.

Keywords

Postgraduate trainingPsychiatric trainingInternational networks
Type
Original article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 21 , Issue 8 , December 2006 , pp. 509 - 515
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2006

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