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Novel ECT Training Session For Psychiatry Residents From France

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Out on PubMed, is this LTE in JECT, from clinicians in Lille, France: High-Fidelity Simulation: A Promising Tool to Tackle Negative Representations of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Psychiatry Residents. Daaboul J, Fovet T, Nunes F, Lebuffe G, Vaiva G, Amad A. J ECT. 2021 May 21. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000774. Online ahead of print. PMID:  34015790   And from the text: Between April 2018 and March 2020, 31 voluntary psychiatry residents benefited from a high-fidelity simulation program at the Lille University Simulation Training Center (PRESAGE: http://presage.univlille2.fr). For each resident, this program, which lasted approximately 90 minutes, included: (1) an ECT session without complication with a high-fidelity manikin under the supervision of a senior psychiatrist (A.A.) and (2) a brief theoretical presentation on ECT (history, modality, mechanisms of action, indications, contraindications, complications, adverse effects). We used the Attitudes component of the Questionnaire o