MBC Curriculum for Psychiatry Residency Programs:

Ahmed Aboraya, MD, Dr. PH

MBC curriculum for psychiatry residency programs was developed by Dr. Aboraya (link) and

include the following:

Introduction.
Principles of using the MBC scales in psychiatry residency training.
Implementation of MBC in psychiatry residency programs.
Guidelines for timing and frequency of MBC scale use.
Principles of rating symptoms and signs of mental disorders.
Principles of creating reliable questions and clinically useful psychopathology

dimensions.

Selection of episodes.
Appendix: The SCIP clinician-administered (CA) and self-administered (SA) rating

scales.

8. Appendix: The SCIP clinician-administered (CA) and self-administered (SA) rating
scales.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the outline of MBC training protocol (curriculum) designed for implementation in psychiatry residency training programs. Access to the full MBC training curriculum, including the MBC didactics and videotaped interviews, is available by contacting Dr. Aboraya at ahmed.s.aboaya@wv.gov