Pasifika Study Group: a child and adolescent mental health capacity building and leadership workshop with Pacific nations doctors and psychiatrists.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the Pasifika Study Group (PSG), a biennial workshop for Pacific nations psychiatrists and doctors working in psychiatry under the auspices of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.


METHOD
Since 2013 the PSG has brought together doctors and other health professionals from eight Pacific nations for a two-day study group.


RESULTS
On evaluation the PSG is considered informative and relevant and participants were generally confident of adapting the material to their own context.


CONCLUSION
The PSG demonstrates a successful approach to regional engagement in mental health in the Pacific region.
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pacific global mental health workforce development