WELCOME TO THE BREAKFAST CLUB: FOSTERING CULTURE, DIVERSITY AND MUTUAL LEARNING AMONG REGISTRARS AND EARLY CAREER PSYCHIATRISTS THROUGH RESEARCH

Background: The Breakfast Club is a peer review group consisting of registrars and early career psychiatrists 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 inter-generational transmission of the research culture. Objectives: This session aims to showcase the diverse research that are 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 a Pancake Prince (James Scott) and a Pancake Princess (Frances Dark). There will be an interactive discussion with the audience about how research can be incorporated into clinical practice/training 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 training related (e.g. scholarly project, supervision) while others are clinically orientated (e.g. physical activity), or public health orientated (e.g. lithium in drinking water). Some studies use traditional research methodologies such as systematic review and qualitative analysis while others explore novel methods such as Mendelian randomization. Conclusions: The Breakfast Club has been successful in fostering research culture and mutual learning among registrars, early career psychiatrists and established academic psychiatrists in Brisbane, Queensland. We believe that a similar approach can be successful in many other areas of Australasia.