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Communication Skills and Undergraduate Psychiatry: A Description of an Innovative Approach to Prepare Australian Medical Students for Their Clinical Psychiatry Attachment

Received August 17, 2004; revised October 13, 2004; accepted November 12, 2004. Drs. Couper, Hawthorne, Hawthorne, Tan, and Mr. Roberts are affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Address correspondence to Dr. Couper, Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne), 51 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065 Australia; couperjw{at}svhm.org.au (E-mail). Copyright © 2005 Academic Psychiatry.

OBJECTIVE: To address the increasing diversity in the linguistic and ethnic backgrounds of medical students at the University of Melbourne, a program was developed to prepare students for the particular challenges in cultural literacy and idiomatic English language proficiency, especially when exploring sensitive areas of patients’ personal history. The authors outline the University of Melbourne program and present two case studies. RESULTS: Post hoc confidential survey of students’ appraisals of the program is presented. CONCLUSION: The survey found a high level of acceptance and approval among most students.

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