The Philosophy of Psychiatry Educator Network aims to bring together those who are actively teaching, or have taught in the past, philosophy of psychiatry to trainees in relevant disciplines. These include primarily medicine, psychology, and philosophy (such as philosophy of medicine, philosophy of neuroscience, or philosophy of psychology).
One of the priorities of this network is to promote philosophy of psychiatry education for medical trainees (medical students, residents, and fellows), but this emphasis is not intended to be restrictive in any way with regards to the functioning of the network. Philosophy of psychiatry and mental health is by its very nature a multidisciplinary area of inquiry and all educators are welcome.
The goals of the educators will be to connect with each other, share resources, share experiences, discuss strategies to teach philosophical topics more effectively to clinical trainees, collaborate on scholarly endeavours (articles, books, etc.) to promote education in philosophy of psychiatry.
Resources that can be shared will include items such as outline of courses, syllabi, teaching formats, and reading assignments, etc.