Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2009) 15: 224-229. doi: 10.1192/apt.bp.108.005645
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The humanities in postgraduate medical education

Femi Oyebode

Femi Oyebode is Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham. He is also a consultant psychiatrist at Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Birmingham. He has an interest in the use of literature in medical education. He is also a poet and a critic.

Correspondence: Correspondence Professor Femi Oyebode, The National Centre for Mental Health, The Barberry, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2SG, UK. Email: Femi.Oyebode{at}bsmhft.nhs.uk

This article discusses the value of the medical humanities within the medical curriculum. It explores the place of the humanities in postgraduate psychiatric training, what a curriculum might look like and which texts it might be useful to include in courses. It also briefly discusses teaching methods that may be appropriate in a postgraduate setting. Many of the proposed ideas are potentially relevant to CPD courses.


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