Assignment 2: Clinical Skills Self-Assessment/PRAC 6645: Psychotherapy with Multiple Modalities Practicum

Desired Clinical Skills for Students to Achieve

Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills in: 

· Recognizing clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness across the lifespan

· Differentiating between pathophysiological and psychopathological conditions 

· Performing and interpreting a comprehensive and/or interval history and physical examination (including laboratory and diagnostic studies) 

· Performing and interpreting a mental status examination 

· Performing and interpreting a psychosocial assessment and family psychiatric history 

· Performing and interpreting a functional assessment (activities of daily living, occupational, social, leisure, educational).

Diagnostic reasoning skill in:

· Developing and prioritizing a differential diagnoses list

· Formulating diagnoses according to DSM 5 based on assessment data 

· Differentiating between normal/abnormal age-related physiological and psychological symptoms/changes

Pharmacotherapeutic skills in:

· Selecting appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for medication plan (e.g., risk/benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations, financial, the process of informed consent, symptom management) 

· Evaluating patient response and modify plan as necessary 

· Documenting (e.g., adverse reaction, the patient response, changes to the plan of care)

Psychotherapeutic Treatment Planning:

· Recognizes concepts of therapeutic modalities across the lifespan

· Selecting appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for psychotherapeutic plan (e.g., risk/benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations, financial, the process of informed consent, symptom management, modality appropriate for situation) 

· Applies age appropriate psychotherapeutic counseling techniques with individuals, families, and groups

· Develop an age appropriate individualized plan of care

· Provide psychoeducation to individuals, families, and groups

· Promote health and disease prevention techniques

Professional skills:

· Maintains professional boundaries and therapeutic relationship with clients and staff

· Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to improve clinical practice in mental health settings 

· Identifies ethical and legal dilemmas with possible resolutions

· Demonstrates non-judgmental practice approach and empathy

· Practices within scope of practice

· Demonstrate ability

Selecting and implementing appropriate screening instrument(s), interpreting results, and making recommendations and referrals

· Demonstrates selecting the correct screening instrument appropriate for the clinical situation 

· Implements the screening instrument efficiently and effectively with the clients

· Interprets results for screening instruments accurately

· Develops an appropriate plan of care based upon screening instruments response

Competency/Clinical Skill Completed

Preceptor Signature

Date