My research interests have been varied but the key commonality has been that much of it has focused on medical education or training. My clinical research has focused on service perceptions and developments.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Cultural Diversity and Adolescent Mental Health
• Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care  (CLAHRC)
• Foundation Doctors’ Experience of Psychiatry Placements
• Undergraduate Psychiatric Education
• Student Life Events and their Impact on Academic Progress
• Evaluation of the MSc in Child And Adolescent Mental Health

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Postgraduate

Course Director and Lecturer: MSc/PGDip/PGCert Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

PhD Supervisor

Lisa Marriott-Anderson  
Investigating Trainee Teachers and Teachers In-Practise Understanding of Mental Health and Child Development

Background: It is well documented that children and young people have high levels of unmet mental health need. Up to one in three children may have problems that require some support and one in ten may have more serious difficulties that impact on their functioning. However, only one in five children who require mental health services actually receives them. Unmet mental health needs can lead to distress for the individual child as well as their families and carers, and are associated with educational underachievement, family disruption, secondary impairment, peer relationship difficulties, and antisocial behaviour.

Schools have a significant influence on children’s development, and thus have an opportunity to detect mental health problems, manage those of lesser severity and complexity, and recognise and appropriately refer those who require specialist interventions. Teachers represent role models in their students lives and it is part of their role to be supportive and aware of difficulties with direct them to appropriate support when required. Accessing more specialist care relies on primary care workers to have ability to detect problems and have propensity to refer. However studies indicate that teachers often feel unconfident and untrained in dealing with children’s mental health issues. They cite limited and fragmented training as the most significant barrier in supporting individuals. Few teachers receive formal pre- or in-school training with regards to mental health and have a tendency to address behaviours in relation to learning abilities and focus on educational attainment rather than emotional need.

Objectives: To investigate trainee teachers and teachers in practise understanding of mental health and child development. Their attitudes towards mental health and the role they play in promoting mental health.

Undergraduate

Course lead - MB ChB Child Psychiatry Module

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

In Press

Dogra N, Reitmanova S and Carter-Pokras O (in press) Teaching cultural diversity: Current status in U.K., U.S., and Canadian medical schools. Journal of General Internal Medicine

Dogra N (in press) Ethnicity and culture, and their relationship to healthcare. InnovAIT

Ronzoni P, Dogra N, Omigbodun O, Bella T and Atitola A (in press) Stigmatization of mental illness among Nigerian schoolchildren. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Aug 3 Epub ahead of print

2010

Dave S, Dogra N and Leask S (2010) Service increment for teaching funding in psychiatry: The current position and possible ways forward. The Psychiatrist. 34, 1-5

Thompson C, Dogra N and McKinley R (2010) A Survey of General Practitioners’ opinions towards and perceived competencies in teaching undergraduate psychiatry. Education for Primary Care 21(1): 20-4

2009

Dogra N, Reitmanova S and Carter-Pokras O (2009) Twelve tips for teaching diversity and embedding it in the medical curriculum Medical Teacher 11: 990-993

Dogra N, Cavendish S, Anderson J and Edwards R (2009) Service user perspectives on the content of the undergraduate curriculum in psychiatry. Psychiatric Bulletin 33(7): 260-264

Dogra N, Betancourt J, Park E and Martinez L (2009) The relationship between drivers and policy in the implementation of cultural competency training in health care. Journal of the National Medical Association 101(2): 127-133

Karim K, Edwards R, Dogra N, Anderson I, Davies T, Lindsay J, Ring H and  Cavendish S (2009) A survey of the Teaching and Assessment of Undergraduate Psychiatry in the Medical Schools of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Undergraduate psychiatry: what’s going on? Medical Teacher 31(11):   1024-1029

2008

Dogra  N (2008) Did you see? Diversity in Health and Social Care 5: 2

Dogra N (2008) Response to cross-cultural medical education and training: Thoughts from the UK. Bratisi Lek Listy 109: 239-240

Edwards R, Williams R, Dogra N, O’Reilly M and Vostanis P (2008) Facilitating and limiting factors of training available to staff of specialist CAMHS. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice 3: 22-32

Giordano J and Dogra N (2008) Confidentiality, choice, and the question of autonomy. Practical Pain Management May 56-58

Omigbodun O, Dogra N, Bella T and Simoyan O (2008) Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among adolescents in southwest Nigeria. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 54:34-36

Books and Chapters

Books

Dogra N, Cooper S and Lunn B (in press) Ten Teachers: Psychiatry. Hodder Stoughton: London

Wright B, Dave S and Dogra N (2010) 100 Cases in Psychiatry. Hodder Stoughton: London

Dogra N and Leighton S, eds (2009) Nursing in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. McGraw-Hill, Maidenhead

Dogra N, Parkin A, Gale F and Frake C (2009) A Multi-Disciplinary Handbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Front-Line Professionals, 2nd edition.  Jessica Kingsley Publishers: London 
 

Chapters

Cooper S, Dogra N, Lunn B and Wright B (in press) The core curriculum for undergraduate psychiatry.  In Eagles J and Brown T (eds) Teaching Undergraduate Psychiatry. Royal College of Psychiatrists: London

Dogra N (in press) How to give a lecture. In Eagles J and Brown T (eds) Teaching Undergraduate Psychiatry. Royal College of Psychiatrists: London

Dogra N (in press) Culture and child psychiatry.  In Bhattacharya R, Cross S and Bhugra D (eds) Clinical Topics in Cultural Psychiatry.Royal College of Psychiatrists: London

Dogra N (in press) Social determinants of mental health disorders in childhood. In Bhugra D and Morgan C (eds) Principles of Social Psychiatry, 2nd edition. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford.

Dogra N and Holley T (in press) Involving service users in undergraduate education of psychiatry.  In Eagles J and Brown T (eds) Teaching Undergraduate Psychiatry. Royal College of Psychiatrists: London

Dogra N, Hoschl C and Moussaouri D (in press) Developing a medical student curriculum in psychiatry. In Gask L, Coskun B and Baron D (eds) Teaching Psychiatry.  Wiley and Sons: London

Dogra N and Karim K (in press) How to do small group teaching.  In Eagles J and Brown T (eds) Teaching Undergraduate Psychiatry. Royal College of Psychiatrists: London

Dogra N and Karim K (in press) An update on Training in Diversity For Psychiatrists.  In Bhattacharya R, Cross S and Bhugra D (eds) Clinical Topics in Cultural Psychiatry. Royal College of Psychiatrists: London

Dogra N and Karnik N (in press) Teaching diversity to trainees.  In Gask L, Coskun B, Baron D (ed) Teaching Psychiatry.  Wiley and Sons: London

Dogra N, Ronzoni P and Karim K (in press) Migration and child mental health. In Bhugra D (ed) Proceedings of an International Meeting on Migration. Royal College of Psychiatrists: London

Dogra N (2009) Culture and society.  In Bailey S and Shooter A (eds) The Young Mind. Bantam Press: London

Presentations

Dogra N.  Health Policy Exchange: Achieving Quality and Efficiency through Clinical Leadership: Learning from the UK experience, member of expert panel. Invited by University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health, 14/04/10, Canada

Dogra N.  Culture, ethnicity and child mental health, in mental health and family law, Interdisciplinary Dartington Conference, 2-4/10/09

Dogra N. Migration and child mental health, World Psychiatric Association International Meeting on Migration, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 21/07/09, London

Dogra N. Improving the quality of undergraduate education in psychiatry, University of Cambridge, 26/03/09, Cambridge

Dogra N. Undergraduate Psychiatry: The national view. Peninsula Medical School, 24/01/08, Buckfast, Devon

Dogra N and Vostanis P. Delivering culturally appropriate care to diverse families.  18th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, 30/04/08 – 03/05/08 (workshop), Istanbul