As a valued member of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (SSPC), we are thrilled to extend an exclusive invitation to participate in our upcoming free webinars—an exclusive benefit of your SSPC membership. These engaging sessions are designed to offer valuable insights and updates on various topics in cultural psychiatry, providing a platform for learning and networking within our community.

Building Bridges & Interprofessional Cultural Competency I and II: Using simulation and improvisation to address Intergenerational Issues in Asian communities

Part 1:
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
6:00-7:30 pm EST
3:00-4:30 pm PDT

Part 2:
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
7:00-8:30 pm EST
4:00-5:30 pm PDT

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Abstract
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many have advocated for health equity and cultural competency training is needed more than ever in our healthcare system. Using improvisation, role plays, and simulation approaches, we will create a supportive environment for interdisciplinary healthcare professional learners to navigate conflictual cultural scenarios during clinical encounters.

In Part I (Dec 6, 6 PM EST), we will portray a short skit of an AAPI teenager who is experiencing the first break psychosis and how his Asian immigrant parents decline appropriate psychiatric care due to stigma and lack of understanding in mental health. This skit will be followed by breakout sessions where participants will discuss how providers can best handle conversations with family following various mental health settings such as emergency room, inpatient psychiatric ward, and outpatient therapy session. Finally, there will be a panel discussion about culturally responsive care in AAPI youth and family.

n Part II (Dec 13, 7 PM EST*), participants will be guided in several improv exercises pertinent to the skit contents depicted in Part I. Participants will be assigned into several breakout rooms to act out how they will manage discussions with the patient and family following a continuity of care from emergency department, inpatient, and outpatient services.

Each of the 1.5 hour webinars will provide a fun, informative, and supportive environment to explore important topics in interprofessional cultural competency. While we strongly encourage attendance of both webinars for maximum benefit, you can also attend to only one of them.
* – note that Part II starts 1 hour later than Part I

Learning Objectives

By end of webinars, participants will be able to:

• Identify common intergenerational cultural issues in diverse communities, such as among Asian communities, and their impact on mental health
• Reflect on and identify culturally competent strategies to respond to conflicts between youth and families from interprofessional perspectives
• Develop and practice cultural competent skills through use of simulation, including role-plays and improv

Speakers and Presenters

Eunice Yuen, MD, PhD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Founder of Yale CHATogether, Yale School of Medicine

Kenneth Fung, MD, FRCPC, MSc, DFCPA, DFAPA

SSPC Past President and Education Committee Co-Chair; Clinical Director, Asian Initiative in Mental Health, Toronto Western Hospital; Professor and Director of Global Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Priscila Rodrigues Armijo

UNMC Education Research Specialist

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