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OPENMINDS: CREATING A MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOP FOR TEENAGERS TO TACKLE STIGMA AND RAISE AWARENESS
Sammy Jones
; School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, UK
Kathryn Sinha
; School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, UK
Martin Swinton
; School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, UK
Christina Millar
; School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, UK
Dane Rayment
; School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, UK
Meinou Simmons
; School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, UK
Sažetak
As a group of four clinical medical students from Cambridge University, we undertook a Student Selected Module (SSC-
"OpenMinds") whereby we designed and delivered a workshop about mental health to year 9 pupils.
The aim of our SSC was to produce an interactive, informative lesson which addressed the complex issues of stigma and
discrimination against those suffering from a mental illness as well as teaching the pupils how to recognise mental health problems
and provide them with guidance on how to seek help. We split a fifty minute session into the following sections: tackling stigma; how
common mental illness is; celebrity examples; real life examples; role play; and small group work. To engage the pupils we used a
combination of teaching modalities targeting all learning. We delivered the workshop to four separate classes and received feedback
from the pupils after each. We used this feedback to adapt and improve our presentation and assess the efficacy. Feedback was
overwhelmingly positive with the striking results of 101/109 pupils saying that they would recommend the workshop to a friend and
68/109 pupils saying they enjoyed all aspects.
Our SSC built upon work by a contingent of trainee Psychiatrists who undertook a similar project of mental health education for
teenagers, called "Heads above the rest", in Northern Ireland with great success. By continuing their work we were able to
demonstrate that medical students can successfully complete the same project under the guidance of a Psychiatrist, thus increasing
the sustainability of the project by reducing the time burden on the Psychiatrists. Participating in the project was also valuable to
our own personal development of teaching skills.
Ključne riječi
stigma; discrimination; education
Hrčak ID:
264674
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.9.2011.
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