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Learning from experience in case conference: a Bionian approach to teaching and consulting.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17681903     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In case conferences as well as didactic seminars, the power of the group can bring psychoanalytic education to life. However, primitive anxieties activated by group dynamics may also interfere with teaching and learning. The authors offer the example of a stalemated private practice case conference that had unconsciously organized against learning as the members began to read Bion's work. The case conference leader, an analyst, presented her case conference, which was mired in basic assumption dependency dynamics, to our peer consultation group. Drawing upon Bion's early contributions on groups, as well as his later ideas about thinking and mental growth, the peer group facilitated the case conference's return to work-group functioning and learning from experience. Activated in the peer group, commensal container<--> contained processes gradually spread throughout the entire relational system of peer group, case-conference leader, case-conference members, and patients. This example underscores the importance of promoting within our institutes a culture in which faculty view themselves as part of an evolving intersubjective matrix that works to foster the containing capacities of candidates, patients, and faculty alike.
Authors:
Jane B Burka; Joan E Sarnat; Cornelia St John
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Conference; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The International journal of psycho-analysis     Volume:  88     ISSN:  0020-7578     ISO Abbreviation:  Int J Psychoanal     Publication Date:  2007 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-08-07     Completed Date:  2007-09-11     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985179R     Medline TA:  Int J Psychoanal     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  981-1000     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
JaneBelle@sbcglobal.net
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Faculty, Medical
Female
Group Processes*
Humans
Leadership
Male
Mental Disorders / psychology,  therapy
Models, Psychological
Peer Group
Private Practice
Psychoanalysis / education*
Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychoanalytic Therapy / education*
Referral and Consultation
Teaching / methods*

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