Hybrid simulation and immersive, lived-experience perspectives to shape medical student attitudes towards patients experiencing emotional distress, suicidality, and self-harm

Using a combination of simulation modalities, students were oriented to their psychiatry placements. Importantly, this orientation focused on the experiences of people with lived experience of mental illness and how health professionals impact patient journeys through health and mental health services. Findings suggest this type of simulation workshop can support students in their dispositional readiness for placement in psychiatry units.