Can we really teach cognitive behavioral therapy with a massive open online course?

Thomas Gargot; Nikitas A Arnaoutoglou; Tiago Costa; Olga Sidorova; Natasha Liu-Thwaites; Stirling Moorey; Cécile Hanon

doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.29

Can we really teach cognitive behavioral therapy with a massive open online course?

Eur Psychiatry. 2020 Mar 10;63(1):e38. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.29.

Authors

Thomas Gargot^{1

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5}, Nikitas A Arnaoutoglou^{4

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8}, Tiago Costa^{9

10}, Olga Sidorova^{4

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11}, Natasha Liu-Thwaites¹², Stirling Moorey^{13

14}, Cécile Hanon¹⁵

Affiliations

¹ CHART Laboratory-EA 4004, THIM, Paris 8 University, Paris Lumière University, Saint Denis, France.
² Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Hôpitaux Universitaires, Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris, France.
³ ISIR, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
⁴ European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees Psychotherapy Working Group, Bruxelles, Belgium.
⁵ European Psychiatric Association Psychotherapy Section, Strasbourg, France.
⁶ Windsor Research Unit, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough NHS FT, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
⁸ Memory and Cognitive Functions Clinic, 1st Department of Psychiatry, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁹ Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, NHS Foundation Trust, Northumberland, United Kingdom.
¹⁰ Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
¹¹ Riga East University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
¹² South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Beckenham, United Kingdom.
¹³ South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, Beckenham, United Kingdom.
¹⁴ Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
¹⁵ Regional Resource Center of Old Age Psychiatry West-Paris University Hospital, Corentin Celton Hospital, APHP, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France.

Abstract

A better training in psychotherapy is needed for psychiatry trainees. Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT) could be a good solution. Free and wide audience course like Massive Open Online course (MOOCs) increase dissemination and accessibility of the training. However, the engagement needs to be improved. A hybrid approach seems relevant with the MOOC as an incentive. Beyond the promotion of the topic, a MOOC can be a promotion tool for the provider. The economic model of the MOOC needed to be taken into account to allow sustainability. To explore these elements, we take into account a survey taken during the 1st European Psychiatric Association MOOC about CBT.

Keywords: CBT; MOOC; online; psychotherapy; training.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / education*
Education, Distance* / methods
Education, Distance* / organization & administration
Education, Distance* / standards
Humans
Societies, Medical
Surveys and Questionnaires