Improved Attitudes to Psychiatry: A Global Mental Health Peer-to-Peer E-Learning Partnership

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dc.contributor.authorKeynejad, Roxanne
dc.contributor.authorGarratt, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorAdem, Gudon
dc.contributor.authorFinlayson, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorWhitwell, Susannah
dc.contributor.authorSheriff, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-01T04:17:56Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.updated2019-03-31T07:24:08Z
dc.description.abstractObjective: Health links aim to strengthen healthcare systems in low and middle-income countries through mutual exchange of skills, knowledge, and experience. However, student participation remains limited despite growing educational emphasis upon global health. Medical students continue to report negative attitudes to psychiatry in high-income countries, and in Somaliland, the lack of public sector psychiatrists limits medical students' awareness of mental healthcare. The authors describe the design, implementation, and mixed-methods analysis of a peer-to-peer psychiatry e-learning partnership between UK and Somaliland students arising from a global mental health link between the two countries. Methods: Medical students at King's College London and Hargeisa and Amoud universities, Somaliland, were grouped into 24 pairs. Participants aimed to complete ten fortnightly meetings to discuss psychiatry topics via the website MedicineAfrica. Students completed initial and final evaluations including Attitudes toward Psychiatry (ATP-30) questions, a stigma questionnaire, and brief evaluations after each meeting. Results: Quantitative findings demonstrated that enjoyment, interest, and academic helpfulness were rated highly by students in Somaliland and moderately by students in the UK. Somaliland students' attitudes to psychiatry were significantly more positive post-participation, whereas UK students' attitudes remained stable. Qualitative findings identified more gains in factual knowledge for Somaliland students, whereas UK students reported more cross-cultural learning. Reasons for non-completion and student-suggested improvements emphasized the need to ensure commitment to the program by participants. Conclusions: This partnership encouraged students to consider global mental health outside the standard medical education environment, through an e-learning format solely utilizing existing resources. This new approach demonstrates potential benefits to students in contrasting locations of brief, focused online peer-to-peer education partnerships, expanding the scope of health links to the medical professionals of the futureen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1042-9670en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/164875
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherAmerican Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.en_AU
dc.rights© Academic Psychiatry 2014en_AU
dc.sourceAcademic Psychiatryen_AU
dc.titleImproved Attitudes to Psychiatry: A Global Mental Health Peer-to-Peer E-Learning Partnershipen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage666en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage659en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationKeynejad, Roxanne, University of Londonen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGarratt, Elisabeth, University of Manchesteren_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAdem, Gudon, Hargeisa Group Hospitalen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationFinlayson, Alexander, Medicine Africaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWhitwell, Susannah, King’s College Londonen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSheriff, Rebecca, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu5680032@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidSheriff, Rebecca, u5680032en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor110319 - Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)en_AU
local.identifier.absfor170103 - Educational Psychologyen_AU
local.identifier.absseo930599 - Education and Training Systems not elsewhere classifieden_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5234101xPUB123en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume40en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s40596-014-0206-8en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84978087216
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu5234101en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://link.springer.comen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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