Education in Psychiatry
The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Section on Education in Psychiatry is interested in improving the quality of education in psychiatry at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels across the world. The Section was established in 1970 and is one of the oldest sections in WPA.
The aims of the Section are:
To update educational curricula for trainees in psychiatry worldwide, and in particular in low and middle income countries.
To develop educational materials about mental health and mental disorders for clinicians, researchers and academics.
To increase the attractiveness of psychiatry as a profession among medical students.
To promote the public image of psychiatry among the general population.
To improve the mental health literacy of the general public.
For further information and to contact the Section on Education in Psychiatry, send e-mail to: edu.sec.wpa@gmail.com
The aims of the Section are:
For further information and to contact the Section on Education in Psychiatry, send e-mail to: edu.sec.wpa@gmail.com
Section Officers
Chair
Mariana Pinto da Costa
ICBAS, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King❜s College London, London, UK
Secretary
Nagesh Pai
Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong
New South Wales (NSW), Australia
Section Committee Members
Member Engagement Lead
Ozge Kilic
Bezmialem Vakif University, Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Neurosciences
Istanbul, Türkiye
Social Media Coordinator
Djibril Moussa
Amoud University, Borama, Somaliland
Global Brain Health Institute, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Capacity Building & Professional Development Lead
Francisco A. Araniva García
Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social. Mental Health Team Apopa.
San Salvador, El Salvador
Research Lead
Rodrigo Ramallho
Department of Social and Community Health, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Digital Engagement Lead
Sami Ouanes
MindWell
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Policy Lead
Snehil Gupta
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Bhopal, India
Section member list can be found here
See the full Section Members list. here
