Future Goals

The Division has set future objectives in many different areas:

Undergraduate Education

• Integration of longitudinal clerkship rotations into emergency psychiatry and ambulatory/collaborative care services

Postgraduate Education

• Senior selective rotations in Adult Psychiatry & Health Systems
• Supervision/Training opportunities on leadership and Administrative Psychiatry and Collaborative Mental Health Care
• Revision of clinical core rotations to support competency development and longitudinal learning

Faculty Development

• Increased capacity to integrate EBM and recent literature in clinical training across sites
• Assessing and addressing the education needs of psychiatrists in the Division

Clinical Innovation and Quality

• Focus on improving access and continuity of care
• Support evidence based planning for mental health services
• Foster dynamic change and commitment to evaluation
• Participate in government and policy committees

Research

• Develop a forum for knowledge sharing and collaboration in policy relevant research
• Engage frontline clinicians and consumers in setting research priorities/agenda
• Leverage the Acute Care Alliance as a living laboratory for the design, implementation and evaluation of complex interventions and system improvement