Belinda Bandstra

All Publications

• Teaching Practice-Based Learning on Inpatient Psychiatric Services. Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry Kalinowski, A., Raj, K. S., Bandstra, B. S. 2019

  Abstract

  OBJECTIVE: Psychiatry residents must learn to incorporate new information into clinical practice as the field quickly evolves. The authors developed a practice-based workshop grounded in active learning principles on the inpatient psychiatric unit.METHODS: Residents rotating on inpatient services observed a patient interview, then brainstormed learner-driven learning objectives. They each independently researched selected topics, then utilized peer instruction and discussion grounded in the clinical case. Topic areas covered over a year were tracked and residents' experiences were surveyed.RESULTS: The material covered included evidence-based treatments, neuroscience, cultural, and systems psychiatry. Residents rated the workshop as highly effective and engaging (91% and 96%, respectively, on Likert Scale) and positively on the Tutorial Group Effectiveness Instrument (3.8±0.6 for cognitive aspects, 3.2±0.7 for motivational aspects, and 2.7±0.6 for demotivational aspects).CONCLUSIONS: This case-based and learner-driven peer teaching model based on an active learning model allows for quick integration of new material into the curriculum with resident satisfaction.

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s40596-019-01113-y

  View details for PubMedID 31642050

• Supervising Scholarship SUPERVISION IN PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE: PRACTICAL APPROACHES ACROSS VENUES AND PROVIDERS Dandekar, F. N., Bandstra, B. S., DeGolia, S. G., Corcoran, K. M. 2019: 259?62

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• Cultural Issues Within the Supervisory Relationship SUPERVISION IN PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE: PRACTICAL APPROACHES ACROSS VENUES AND PROVIDERS Bandstra, B. S., Shah, R., Tan, M., DeGolia, S. G., Corcoran, K. M. 2019: 293?97

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• Neuroscience in Clinical Supervision Toward a Neurobiopsychosocial Approach SUPERVISION IN PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE: PRACTICAL APPROACHES ACROSS VENUES AND PROVIDERS Raj, K. S., Kalinowski, A., Bandstra, B. S., DeGolia, S. G., Corcoran, K. M. 2019: 353?58

  View details for Web of Science ID 000550978200043

• Early Outpatient Experience for Psychiatry Interns: The Evaluation Clinic. Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry Gold, J. A., Bandstra, B. S., DeGolia, S. G. 2016; 40 (6): 944?46

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• A Process-Oriented Approach to Teaching Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatry Residency Training. Academic psychiatry Awaad, R., Ali, S., Salvador, M., Bandstra, B. 2015; 39 (6): 654-660

  Abstract

  Although the importance of addressing issues of spirituality and religion is increasingly acknowledged within psychiatry training, many questions remain about how to best teach relevant knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Current literature on curricula highlights the importance of maintaining a clinical focus and the balance between didactic content and process issues. The authors present findings from a program evaluation study of a course on religion, spirituality, and psychiatry that deliberately takes a primarily process-oriented, clinically focused approach.Two six-session courses were offered. The first course targeted fourth-year psychiatry residents and the second targeted third-year psychiatry residents. Teaching sessions consisted of brief didactics combined with extensive process-oriented discussion. A two-person faculty team facilitated the courses. Clinical case discussions were integrated throughout the curriculum. A panel of chaplains was invited to participate in one session of each course to discuss the interface between spiritual counsel and psychiatry. A modified version of the Course Impact Questionnaire, a 20-item Likert scale utilized in previous studies of spirituality curricula in psychiatry, assessed residents' personal spiritual attitudes, competency, change in professional practice, and change in professional attitudes before and after the course (N?=?20). Qualitative feedback was also elicited through written comments.The results from this study showed a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-test scale for residents' self-perceived competency and change in professional practice.The findings suggest improvement in competency and professional practice scores in residents who participated in this course. This points toward the overall usefulness of the course and suggests that a process-oriented approach may be effective for discussing religion and spirituality in psychiatric training.

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s40596-014-0256-y

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• Helping Psychiatry Residents Cope with Patient Suicide ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY Prabhakar, D., Balon, R., Anzia, J. M., Gabbard, G. O., Lomax, J. W., Bandstra, B. S., Eisen, J., Figueroa, S., Theresa, G., Ruble, M., Seritan, A. L., Zisook, S. 2014; 38 (5): 593-597

  Abstract

  Every clinical specialty has its own high risk patient challenges that threaten to undermine their trainees' professional identity, evolving sense of competence. In psychiatric training, it is patient suicide, an all-too frequently encountered consequence of severe mental illness that may leave the treating resident perplexed, guilt-ridden, and uncertain of their suitability for the profession. This study evaluates a patient suicide training program aimed at educating residents about patient suicide, common reactions, and steps to attenuate emotional distress while facilitating learning.The intervention was selected aspects of a patient suicide educational program, "Collateral Damages,"-video vignettes, focused discussions, and a patient-based learning exercise. Pre- and post-survey results were compared to assess both knowledge and attitudes resulting from this educational program. Eight psychiatry residency training programs participated in the study, and 167 of a possible 240 trainees (response rate?=?69.58 %) completed pre- and post-surveys.Knowledge of issues related to patient suicide increased after the program. Participants reported increased awareness of the common feelings physicians and trainees often experience after a patient suicide, of recommended "next" steps, available support systems, required documentation, and the role played by risk management.This patient suicide educational program increased awareness of issues related to patient suicide and shows promise as a useful and long overdue educational program in residency training. It will be useful to learn whether this program enhances patient care or coping with actual patient suicide. Similar programs might be useful for other specialties.

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s40596-014-0083-1

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• A Curriculum to Address Issues and Challenges of the Professional Developmental Stage of Chief Residency ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY Bandstra, B. S., Katz, M., Huang, R. W. 2013; 37 (1): 18-22

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• International Perspectives on Homelessness The International Handbook of Psychiatry: A Concise Guide for Medical Students, Residents, and Medical Practitioners Mascola, A., Bandstra, B., Reicherter, D. World Scientific Publishing. 2013
• Addressing Stigma to Strengthen Psychiatric Education ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY Roberts, L. W., Bandstra, B. S. 2012; 36 (5): 347-350

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