The return of the breakfast club: On being influenced and starting to influence others

Abstract

Background: The Breakfast Club is a peer review group consisting of registrars and early career psychiatrists (ECPs) with interest in academic psychiatry in Brisbane, Queensland. The Club meets every 2 months for breakfast. At each meeting, we invite a 'Pancake Prince' or 'Princess' - an established academic psychiatrist - as a guest of honour to share his or her wisdom and foster intergenerational transmission of the research culture. Objectives: This is an update to the last year's symposium. We aim to showcase the diverse research that is being conducted by members of the Breakfast Club. Methods: Six members of the Breakfast Club will present their research. The symposium will be chaired by Associate Professor John Allan (Pancake Prince) and Doctor Catherine Franklin (Pancake Princess). There will be an interactive discussion with the audience about how research can be incorporated into clinical practice throughout the symposium. Findings: Members of the Breakfast Club are involved in a wide range of research using many different research methods. Some topics are service related (e.g. setting up a new service model) while others are clinically orientated (e.g. physical activity in a rehabilitation setting). We will also discuss the challenges and difficulties associated with conducting clinical research in the public mental health services. Conclusions: The Breakfast Club continues to be successful in fostering research culture and mutual learning among registrars, ECPs and established academic psychiatrists in Brisbane, Queensland. We believe that a similar approach can be successful in many other areas of Australasia.L6351889952021-06-10 <br />