Attendance is limited in both workshops.
Kevin Wildenhaus, PhD, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit Brief family systems therapeutic techniques can effectively be integrated into a family practice, and have been found to be successful in treating many common problems. A curriculum designed to teach this skill to residents has been developed. A combination of lecture, case examples, role-playing, videotaped interventions, and entertaining movie outtakes will be used throughout the workshop. As participants encounter the challenges of a ropes course, fun, fantasy, and occasionally fear are woven together to foster group communication, effectiveness, trust, and camaraderie as well as individual awareness and self-esteem. In recent years, challenge courses have been employed by residency programs to achieve both group and individual goals.