Recovery College — MRCPsych Paper B MCQ

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A mental health service provides structured courses about wellbeing, self-management and personal recovery. The courses are jointly designed and taught by peer trainers with lived experience and practitioner trainers, using an educational rather than a clinical model. Which service model is described?

Educational content. Not a substitute for clinical judgement or local policy.

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Correct answer: C — Recovery college

The correct answer is C, recovery college. Recovery colleges use an educational rather than clinical model and regard professional expertise and lived experience as equally valuable. Courses are characteristically co-produced and co-delivered by practitioner and peer trainers, with an emphasis on hope, empowerment, self-management and personal recovery. Medical education primarily trains healthcare professionals rather than supporting service users' recovery. Occupational therapy may use educational and collaborative methods but is not defined by a college model with peer-practitioner co-delivery. Social prescribing connects people with community activities and support rather than providing this structured curriculum. A day hospital provides multidisciplinary clinical assessment and treatment, not principally recovery-oriented education.

Reference: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Buckinghamshire Recovery College, “What is Co-production?”, reviewed 2025. https://oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/bucksrecoverycollege/tutors/what-is-co-production/