Abstract
Being a doctor nowadays is not a role which automatically raises one's status and brings one respect. Our treatment plans and advice are no longer accepted without discussion and/or often compromise. Our patients are now familiar with technical jargon and often come to appointments armed with the ‘latest research’ or up-to-date National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance, which can make such consultations feel more like flashbacks to the Part 2 clinical exam. With an increasingly informed and sometimes critical public regarding all aspects of health and medicine, it is imperative that we, as psychiatrists, are at the forefront of providing information about the illnesses and conditions we treat. Essentially, such information for the public must be easy to understand, accurate and unbiased.
Highlights
Our patients are familiar with technical jargon and often come to appointments armed with the ‘latest research’ or up-to-date National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance, which can make such consultations feel more like flashbacks to the Part 2 clinical exam
We enthusiastically applied to join the Public Education Editorial Board of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This is a subcommittee of the Public Education Committee of the College which since the mid1990s has been producing high-quality, evidence-based, award-winning public education leaflets about all aspects of mental health
The Public Education Editorial Board was formed in 2002 with the task of developing and reviewing the public education leaflets, some of which had a traditional prescriptive approach rather than providing something more empowering for patients that would enable them to make better-informed choices for themselves
Summary
Being a doctor nowadays is not a role which automatically raises one’s status and brings one respect. With an increasingly informed and sometimes critical public regarding all aspects of health and medicine, it is imperative that we, as psychiatrists, are at the forefront of providing information about the illnesses and conditions we treat. Such information for the public must be easy to understand, accurate and unbiased. With this in mind, we enthusiastically applied to join the Public Education Editorial Board of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. We were hoping to find an interesting and productive use to our research time that did not involve filling in yet more ethical approval forms, and we were not disappointed
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