Teaching and Learning Philosophy in Psychiatry

INTRODUCTION:
Philosophy is conceptualised as of what one thinks, values and believes.
Learning philosophy is very much intrinsic to the individual, and it is not easy at
all to learn one’s own philosophy. There is constant need for self-reflection. My
teaching and learning philosophy have emerged from values that are learnt from
several exposures and life experiences i.e. from my parents, my teachers, and
from own experience of working as a psychiatry trainee and doctor of medicine.
As an avid photographer, I enjoy capturing precious moments of everyday life.
They all serve as a clear illustration of the world through my eyes, often evoking
a sentimental emotion or event. The tales behind the pictures make them quite
remarkable as well.
The journey of teaching and learning is continuous and lifelong. I consider that
knowledge is inevitable and continual fragment of our daily life; being learning
from our experiences, from things, following facts and fictions along with daily
life concepts. General medical council have published guidelines on the key
importance of training, teaching and providing mentorship roles for students
and other health professionals for doctors. (Di and McEwan, 2016). The pivotal
role of mentorship is highlighted by Good Medical Practice (GMC, 2013) that
perform by us in the development of professional for junior doctors, trainees and
medical students in developing clinical competencies, attitude and
professionalism. There are some themes that can feature in my own work that
occur strongly in teaching. The first theme occurs as the understanding of
theoretical and philosophical which develops directly on the notion. From this it
can be easily transform to teaching for students. This also helps me in describing
my understanding of knowledge about learning and teaching. This helps me in in
identifying issue that come up within teaching in a more relatively manner.
Indore theme of teaching there are various demands that are needed to be
address within teaching. While providing lessons for long term basis it is
necessary to maintain flexibility so that mind of students can be open. After this,
the management while teaching also provides assessment of issues. Through this
it has been analyses that it is essential to have proper skills and knowledge in
order to successful and effectively conduct practices. Information and knowledge
is significant for providing proper guidance and direction so that required set of
activities could be performed effectively and efficiently. Mentor is significant for
providing support in order to increase individual capabilities and potential. It is
crucial to have accurate understanding about theoretical and philosophical
elements which will help in enhancing potential of individual to successfully
conduct task.
Having reflected on my own teaching experiences and those instilled by
numerous teachers during my training both in medicine and my specialty
(psychiatry), I feel prepared to act as a driving force to support junior trainees
and doctors in training towards a career in psychiatry. It is my preservation and
curiosity that I endeavour to be a role model for my learners.

I had many difficult encounters with patients in my medical career and with this
I can able to reflect on my capabilities both from trainee and from my
consultants’ point of view. In many ways, the duties of a photographer parallel
the meticulous work of a psychiatrist. Much as a photographer must understand
the mechanics involved in using a camera, a psychiatrist must inherently
comprehend the many factors that influence human behaviour and actions.
Photos and patients may often at first present in a certain manner; however,
there are particular details that must be uncovered to provide the complete story
behind the initial presentation.
With this analogy in mind, I have proudly used this same approach in psychiatry
in which I have greatly cherished each of my patients’ unique perspectives,
feelings, and life experiences. Simply by spending quality time with them and
addressing their fears and concerns, I have been able to successfully form strong
bonds and have enjoyed earning their friendship and trust. Through this I am
able to develop and create strong relationship with co workers as well as
learning environment is significant for enhancing my overall capabilities and
potential to successful conduct required task. I am able to develop strong
relationship with other through effective communication. Learning environment
is useful for improving my potential to carry out task. As a result, I am able to
explore their emotions and thoughts on a more profound level and acquire a
larger idea of their struggles, triumphs, aspirations, and fears. In addition, I have
also found that each patient encounter in which I utilized this approach only
enhanced my skills as a compassionate physician.
The clinical cases that have been reviewed by me are of many examples in which
I was able to develop a great appreciation for the field of psychiatry. This
specialty has enabled me to fully understand the true significance of
compassionate care and effective communication on a patient’s well-being. In
fact, I have never experienced continual personal gratification in helping others
as I have in this specialty. I have also come to realize that that it is crucial to
address each person as a whole, since good emotional and physical health is the
key to living a balanced life. While curing an individual’s illness is gratifying, I
find that the holistic approach to medicine in psychiatry provides the ultimate
personal and professional satisfaction. I hope these experiences will be catalyst
for positive role model for junior doctors and medical students that are attached
to my placement. There are various benefits of role model as they motivates
students to enhance their potential so that they can overcome from their
weaknesses. The function of a role model is having some attribute suggest
developing trust and relationship so that each individual can and their own
needs also by role model. With the help of this the effective health Care practices
can be develop. This is important to be agar within teaching so that it can make
benefits to students with their learning process. Role of teaching and learning for
professional skills is very important as it is significant for successful and
effectively conducting business task. It is important for an individual to have
proper teaching and learning activities as this will provide proper direction to
carry out required task in better manner. This will help in improving potential
and capabilities of a person so that they can conduct task in effective and
efficient manner.

In medical school in India, the curriculum is divided into 3 18 months terms, first
18 months the teaching being delivered by combination of lectures, power point
presentations, didactic and at times problem-based approach. There were
practical skills session also delivered. The first 18 months the subject taught
were anatomy, physiology and biochemistry; known as basic sciences. The
second 18 months were the preclinical sciences and the last 18 months being
clinical sciences (Kasper, J. and et.al., 2016). Last 36 months were hospital
placements and teaching were delivered via cased based discussion, case
presentation and knowledge was consolidated with lectures. These all
experiences also impacted on my teaching and learning practices as it includes
various types of methods within teaching. It includes PowerPoint presentation
from which subject can make more understandable to students. Along with this
different approaches are also used which help in solving problems that may
occur within lecture. During starting month the lecture includes basic science
which is an appropriate way of practices from which properly knowledge can be
transfer to students.
Etienne Wenger (Zhan, 2019) has written how students are influenced by social
interactions including context and the relation of its meaning with it. Social
internation can be describe as the capabilities of individual to successful interact
with others. This will help in gaining information and understanding about
different topics . It will directly influence on learning of a person. The diversity of
teaching methods in medical education has highlighted the need for adopting a
multi-theories model. (Taylor and Hamdy, 2013). Content based learning
underpins both the medical education and development of professional principle
guiding medical training.
SUCCESSFUL LEARNING:
I allude with Phil Race’s ‘ripples on a pond’ explanation around successful
learning experiences in adulthood. According to Bradner and Mills, 2019 there
are intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to learning. Avoiding punishment or
avoiding any kind of trouble is example of extrinsic motivation. Where as
internal growth, satisfaction and so on are example of intrinsic motivation. In
medical education learning is driven both by the need to learn professionally to
be successful at the examination of the royal college of psychiatrist and wanting
to learn to become a better teacher and role model for other health professionals
(Pereira, 2016). Engaging the audience, getting to understand their need for
learning are important first steps to spark their interest. This helps to transcend
learning from the teaching environment to a broader scope for learning. I
generally prefer smaller group as this is easier to engage as described by
Vygotsky (1978), zone of proximal development. I always strive to develop zone
of proximal development during my teaching sessions. As the meaning of
vygotsky is that, he believes that when students are come up within zone of
proximal development then it is necessary to provide the proper assistance that
their enthusiasm can boost up while performing any task. With the help of this
theory, it has me in my own practices by providing appropriate learning process