Résumés du XXXIIIe Congrès International de droit et de santé ...

The relationship between lawyers and doctors, especially psychiatrists with whom they workclosely, has been described as tenuous and riddled with miscommunication. The Law society ofCanada has introduced sweeping changes to enhance teaching in the colleges of Law. Beginningin 1976 the University of Saskatchewan has brought together senior law students and psychiatricresidents in a seminar course. This course first ran from about 1976 to 1986 with differentinstructors from those presently involved. The course was not offered for eighteen years and thenwas reintroduced in 2004. From 2004, the course has run yearly for 12-15 weeks betweenJanuary and April with one instructor from each discipline. The joint sessions are 90-120minutes each and revolve around a selected clinical case chosen to represent aspects of topics ofrelevance to law and psychiatry. These participatory and highly interactive sessions focus on atopic of the interface of law and psychiatry and involve a clinical interview, discussion of thelegal criteria and case law, as well as the psychiatric aspects of the case law and the clinical casein question. Participants are also afforded other law and psychiatry related activities andencouraged to attend. These include attendance at a tribunal hearing, visits to a psychiatrichospital as well as interactions with post-license practitioners in the two fields. The format hasreceived very positive reviews and evaluations by participants indicate that they feel prepared tobe involved in the post licensure world of practice, hopefully with better communication skillsand collaborative attitudes. These are essential as they are part of the core competencies expectedof Psychiatrists. The paper will describe the development, methods, practice and benefits of theinter-professional education Law and Psychiatry seminar.Psychology and LawTammy Marche, University of Saskatchewan (tmarche@stmcollege.ca)The primary objective of the undergraduate course in Psychology and Law at the University ofSaskatchewan is to show how psychological research and theory are used in a legal context,particularly in the Canadian legal system, with the goal of examining the role that psychologyplays in promoting justice in the legal system. The course provides a review of theory, content,research, methodology, and controversy in selected areas in the field of psychology and law(e.g., roles of forensic psychologists; police psychology; profiling, detecting deception,interrogations and confessions, psychology of the jury, criminal and civil forensic assessment,social justice). To enhance understanding of the role that psychology and psychologists play inthe legal process, members of the community who are involved in the legal system speak to theclass about their experiences. For the term assignment, students either write a research reportbased on their participation in a community-based research project or they write an amicusresearch brief on a topic of their choosing. By the end of the course, students have a betterunderstanding of how the discipline of psychology contributes to the discipline of law and of thechallenges and responsibilities of psychologists in promoting justice within the law.21