Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2-2024
Manuscript Version
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Abstract
Building a culture of conceptual inquiry in psychiatric training requires the development of conceptual competence: the ability to identify and examine assumptions that constitute the philosophical foundations of clinical care and scientific investigation in psychiatry. In this article, we argue for the importance of such competence and illustrate approaches to instilling it through examples drawn from our collective experiences as psychiatric educators.
Keywords
bioethics, clinical practice, competence, education and training, philosophy
Publication Title
BJPsych Bulletin
Rights
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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Recommended Citation
Aftab A, Sadler JZ, Kious BM, Waterman GS. Conceptual competence in psychiatric training: building a culture of conceptual inquiry. BJPsych Bulletin. Published online 2024:1-6. doi:10.1192/bjb.2024.12