Congratulations to PGY4 resident Dr. Alexander Levit, whose educational project proposal was selected for funding by the Coordinators of Psychiatric Education (COPE) Special Education Fund. This fund is meant to encourage a broad range of educational activities, led by residents, that are related to postgraduate psychiatry training in Canada.
His project, titled “Interactive simulation training in complex presentations of undiagnosed bipolar disorder,” aims to supplement resident’s training in diagnosing bipolar disorder in the context of high complexity presentations (e.g. with multiple comorbidities). It is anticipated that honing resident’s abilities to recognize and diagnose bipolar disorder in more complex presentations will empower residents to provide more confident and higher quality patient care, and also help to mitigate delays in the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder. Learning materials and a facilitator’s manual generated for this educational activity will be made available to resident programs country-wide.
Congratulations once again to Dr. Levit on this exciting news!