Textbook Talk: Dr. Rachel Talley on Community Education

Dr. Rachel Talley and Dr. Rob Gadomski discuss the importance of community education, family psychoeducation, mental health education on social media, task-sharing, and more! Timestamps: 0:10 Introductions 01:40 What is Community Education? 03:40 Three Types of Community Education 13:10 Community Education Through an Equity Lens 28:55 Final Thoughts Purchase the Textbook of Community Psychiatry Created by the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP). Free AACP Membership for Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows | Other AACP Membership | Instagram | Twitter | Listener Survey | Follow, review, and share! Guest: Rachel Talley, M.D. is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn). She is Director of the UPenn Department of Psychiatry’s Fellowship in Community Psychiatry and Associate Program Director for the UPenn Department of Psychiatry’s adult psychiatry residency program. She also leads several equity-focused initiatives at UPenn, including the Spaces of Color program. She works clinically providing services for individuals with serious mental illness at Horizon House, Inc. Dr. Talley received her B.A. from Harvard University and her M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine. She completed both her residency training in adult psychiatry and public psychiatry fellowship at Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute. She is a member of the Board of the American Association for Community Psychiatry and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing Medical Director Institute. She has been recognized for her teaching and leadership in community mental health, including receipt of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry’s Albert Stunkard Faculty Recognition Award for the past three consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023); and receipt of the 2021 Larry A. Real Award from the Montgomery County PA chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She was also recently recognized as part of the inaugural 2023 cohort of Black Health Connect’s 40 under 40, which recognizes high achieving Black healthcare professionals across the diaspora who have demonstrated exemplary leadership, innovation, and dedication to the field. Host: Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship in June 2022. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system. Credit Attribution: Stock Media provided by StockAudios / Pond5