About Time: Making Space in the Classroom for Students' Experiences of Trauma
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trauma-informed education, medical education, mental health, psychological safety, psychiatry curriculumAbstract
Many medical students have experienced trauma and conditions affecting their mental health. Throughout medical school, especially during psychiatry portions of the curriculum, students and educators may face challenges navigating course material. Adverse classroom and patient interactions can lead to further traumatization, isolation from course content, and lapses in professionalism. Contemporary educational environments have become increasingly sensitive to the prevalence of trauma among students, but debate remains over how to simultaneously respect student needs and ensure engagement with important course content. Principles of trauma-informed medical education (TIME) support medical educators and medical students to work together to create curricula and learning environments that are psychologically safe and appropriately challenging.
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