CPD 710 - Psychiatry Online Literature Review Course

Course Description

The Psychiatry Online Literature Review Course provides the opportunity for physicians and residents to discuss current journal articles and their relation to practice. The focus of the articles will be on "Highlights of 2025". All discussions are held online in an asynchronous format so that participants can post their comments at any time.
This online literature journal club offers a convenient forum for physicians and residents to analyze journal articles and to discuss their relation to practice with other physicians and residents, from the familiarity of their office or home.

Course Details

This course uses distance education (DE) technology to provide continuing medical education opportunities to physicians and residents who may have distance and time constraints. Topics will be selected in accordance with the priority learning needs of the participants.

By the end of this activity participants will be able to:
• Question their journal article critical appraisal skills.
• Review and discuss the main findings of journal articles within an interactive online learning community of physicians and residents.
• Identify strengths and weaknesses of recently published journal articles.

2026 POLRC Conflict of Interest Declaration

Cindy Beck:

Honoraria / sessionals related to teaching and / or administrative activities from Recovery Alberta and University of Calgary.

David Crockford:

Nothing to declare.

Christina Lei:

Nothing to declare.

Iliana Ortega:

Nothing to declare.

Thomas Raedler:

Direct financial payments: Abbvie / Allergan, Bausch Health, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, HLS, Newron and TEVA.

Membership on advisory boards or speakers’ bureau: Abbvie / Allergan, Bausch Health, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, HLS, Newron and TEVA.

Funded clinical trials: Biohaven, Boehringer Ingelheim, Newron, Syneurx International and TEVA.

Notes

PROGRAM DETAILS

This online literature review course is run using a collegial journal club format.

• The course consists of an initial Introductory Conference and is followed by three consecutive online Journal Article Conferences for the discussion of journal articles.

• The Introductory Conference will be open for one week; however, the introductory conference site will remain open throughout the duration of this course for new and established participants to introduce themselves.

WHAT WILL BE COVERED

General Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.
Staff from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, will facilitate each online discussion.

COURSE DELIVERY

The Psychiatry Online Literature Review Course is delivered using the web-based discussion forum on the University of Calgary’s Desire 2 Learn (D2L) learning management system. Participants require access to a computer with internet connection. D2L access is password controlled and all discussions are kept strictly confidential.

TIME COMMITMENT

Four discussion forums are held during each conference, and each conference runs for 4 weeks. Participants can log-on to post comments anytime from anywhere when it is most convenient to read the comments of others and to post contributions to the discussion. To get maximum benefit from the discussion forums, active participation (e.g. logging-on about twice a week) is recommended to ensure a sufficiently in-depth discussion. HOWEVER, a minimum of two postings in the 4-week discussion period are required to receive credit for that discussion forum.