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If Freud had not been a doctor …

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Patricia Hughes*
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health Sciences, St George's Hospital, Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE
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Abstract

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If psychoanalytic psychotherapy is to be part of the undergraduate medical curriculum, it must be well taught, and demonstrably relevant to the training of doctors. Psychotherapy teachers have a responsibility to devise a syllabus which is clear and relevant and to provide teaching which stimulates and engages the students so that they learn by thinking and understanding. An outline of a syllabus for medical students is included and one seminar as an illustration of interactive learning is described.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995

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