Mena Mirhom, MD, FAPA’s session, “Partaking Media to Promote Life-style and Psychological Well being: A Coaching for Psychiatry Fellows,” was a success with residents at this yr’s American Psychiatric Affiliation (APA) Annual Assembly.
“Any time you have got trainees listening, that at all times brightens up a session,” mentioned Mirhom.
Mirhom and his copresenters took the chance to debate Columbia’s media coaching course for fellows. For 1 yr, public psychiatry fellows work on web site all through New York Metropolis, studying tips on how to greatest have interaction with media, whether or not that’s conventional, print, or social media.
“What we see is, all through that yr, people soak up quite a lot of unbelievable info, however do not at all times know tips on how to share it,” mentioned Mirhom. “We give them some greatest practices.”
Earlier this month, Daanish Khorasani, MD, shared a little bit of his personal story with finding out media underneath Mirhom: “Throughout this rotation, I’ve been writing, serving to produce content material, attending information segments each in-studio and just about, contributing to and studying extra about podcasting, and studying the ropes of media communication, from pitch to submit… I’ve by no means discovered this a lot about reaching folks this rapidly in my total residency.”1
The session shared case eventualities, then prompted attendees to answer misinformation: How do you fight half-truth? What are the most effective methods you can reply throughout a TV interview when there is a digicam in your face? What do you say? How do you say it in a concise, clear, related method?
You’ll be able to study extra about Mirhom’s media greatest practices in his new column, “Media Mastery With Dr Mena.”2
Dr Mirhom is the quick previous president of the New York County Psychiatric Society, an assistant professor of psychiatry and codirector of the PPF Specific Program at Columbia College, and the chief wellbeing officer at Athletes for Hope.
References
1. Khorasani D. Why it’s best to do a media literacy elective in psychiatry residency. Psychiatric Occasions. Might 16, 2025. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/why-you-should-do-a-media-literacy-elective-in-psychiatry-residency
2. Mirhom M. Defending skilled boundaries within the digital age. Psychiatric Occasions. March 13, 2025. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/protecting-professional-boundaries-in-the-digital-age
