Elivan da Silva Dias, Sabrina da Silva Santos
Absences due to illness and health problems of the teachers of municipal public schools in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT
distributed medical education dme decentralized model focused smaller cities communities implemented worldwide bridge gap psychiatric education faculty engagement teaching activities clinical teaching supervision examinations crucial aspect dme sites implementing expanding dme sites requires careful consideration identify enablers contribute success barriers need addressed study aims examine enablers barriers factors influencing psychiatrists willingness start continue participating teaching activities within dalhousie universitys faculty medicine dme sites two provinces atlantic canada crosssectional study conducted part environmental scan dalhousie faculty medicines dme programs nova scotia ns new brunswick nb canada february 2023 psychiatrists seven administrative health zones provinces anonymously participated online survey survey created opinio collected data sociodemographic factors practicerelated characteristics medical education barriers teaching activities five key outcomes assessed included psychiatrists willingness engage clinical training supervision ii lectures skillsbased teaching iii skillsbased examinations iv training supervision canadiantrained psychiatrists v training supervision internationally trained psychiatrists study employed various statistical analyses including descriptive analysis chisquare tests logistic regression identify potential predictors associated outcome variable study involved 60 psychiatrists primarily male 69 practicing ns 533 international medical education 69 mainly working outpatient services 41 notably 603 lacked formal medical education training yet perceive lack training significant barrier lack protected time main one despite strong willingness engage teaching activities average positive response rate 8198 lack protected time teachingtraining major barrier reported study participants availability take royal college physicians surgeons canada competency design training main factor associated psychiatrists willingness participate five teaching activities investigated study willingness participate clinical training supervision psychiatry residents p 01 provision lectures skillsbased teaching psychiatry residents p 01 skillsbased examinations psychiatry residents p 001 trainingsupervision canadiantrained psychiatrists p 01 training supervision internationally trained psychiatrists p 01 study reveals nuanced picture regarding psychiatrists engagement teaching activities dme sites despite significant association interest formal medical education training willingness participate teaching activities clinicians consider lack formal training barrier addressing complexity requires thoughtful strategies potentially involving resource allocation policy modifications adjustments incentive structures relevant institutions