Individual Partner: Dr Anna Ludvigsen BSc (Hons) Herb. Med. BMBS Core Trainee in Psychiatry Derby, UK and member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Scoping Group on Person-Centred Training in Psychiatry

Preferred contact: anna_ludvigsen@yahoo.co.uk
Key Words: Resident in: UK; Working in: UK, Area(s) of Interest in VBP: Education, Meeting/ASS (Advanced Studies Seminar), Meeting, Policy/Commissioning, Research/other/healthcare professionals attitudes to mental health, Services/person-centered, Related Area(s) of Interest: Communication skills, Area(s) of healthcare expertise: Complementary medicine/BSc (Hons) western herbal medicine, Mental health/General, General Medicine/almost completed training in primary care before jumping ship to psychiatry
Brief Description of Work: I am a psychiatry core trainee. I completed a degree course in western herbal medicine before going to medical school. My main areas of interest are: understanding what interventions help people with mental health problems and changing the attitudes and behaviours of healthcare professionals towards more person-centred approaches. I have organized and facilitated psychiatry teaching for all F2 doctors in the East Midlands and conducted research into how this mandatory training influenced their attitudes towards people with mental illness. I am on a Royal College of Psychiatrists’ scoping group working on introducing person-centred approaches in core psychiatric training.