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Desired Clinical Skills for Students to Achieve

Confident (Can complete independently)

Mostly confident (Can complete with supervision)

Beginning (Have performed with supervision or needs supervision to feel confident)

New (Have never performed or does not apply)

Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills in: 

Recognizing clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness across the lifespan

Can independently recognize clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness across the lifespan

Differentiating between pathophysiological and psychopathological conditions 

Can confidently differentiate between pathophysiological and psychopathological conditions under supervision

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

Independently performs and interprets a comprehensive and/or interval history and physical examination

Performing and interpreting a mental status examination 

Can independently perform and interpret a mental status examination

Performing and interpreting a psychosocial assessment and family psychiatric history 

Needs supervision to feel confident in performing and interpreting a psychosocial assessment and family psychiatric history

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

Can perform and interpret a functional assessment under supervision

Diagnostic reasoning skill in:

Developing and prioritizing a differential diagnoses list

Can independently develop and prioritize a differential diagnoses list

Formulating diagnoses according to DSM 5-TR based on assessment data 

Independently formulates diagnoses according to DSM 5-TR based on assessment data

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

Differentiates between normal/abnormal age related physiological and psychological symptoms/changes well under supervision

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) 

Can confidently select appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for medication plan under supervision

Evaluating patient response and modify plan as necessary 

Can independently evaluate patient response and modify plan as necessary

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

Independently documents patients’ responses to plan of care

Psychotherapeutic Treatment Planning:

Recognizes concepts of therapeutic modalities across the lifespan

Can independently recognize 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) 

Can confidently select appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for psychotherapeutic plan with supervision

Applies age appropriate psychotherapeutic counseling techniques with individuals and/or any caregivers

Can independently apply age-appropriate psychotherapeutic counseling techniques with individuals and/or any caregivers

Develop an age appropriate individualized plan of care

Can independently develop an age appropriate individualized plan of care

Provide psychoeducation to individuals and/or any caregivers

Can independently provide psychoeducation to individuals and/or caregivers

Promote health and disease prevention techniques

Can independently promote health and disease prevention techniques

Self-assessment skill:

Develop SMART goals for practicum experiences 

Can independently develop SMART goals for practicum experiences

Evaluating outcomes of practicum goals and modify plan as necessary 

Independently evaluates outcomes of practicum goals and modify plan as necessary

Documenting and reflecting on learning experiences

Can independently document and reflect on learning experiences

Professional skills:

Maintains professional boundaries and therapeutic relationship with clients and staff

Can independently maintain professional boundaries and therapeutic relationship with clients and staff

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

Requires supervision to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve clinical practice in mental health settings

Identifies ethical and legal dilemmas with possible resolutions

Confidently identifies ethical and legal dilemmas with possible resolutions under supervision

Demonstrates non-judgmental practice approach and empathy

Independently demonstrates non-judgmental practice approach and empathy

Practices within scope of practice

Independently practices within scope of practice

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 

Independently selects the correct screening instrument appropriate for the clinical situation

Implements the screening instrument efficiently and effectively with the clients

Requires supervision to implement the screening instrument efficiently and effectively with the clients

Interprets results for screening instruments accurately

Independently interprets results for screening instruments accurately

Develops an appropriate plan of care based upon screening instruments response

Independently develops an appropriate plan of care based upon screening instruments response

Identifies the need to refer to another specialty provider when applicable

Can independently identify the need to refer to another specialty provider when applicable

Accurately documents recommendations for psychiatric consultations when applicable

Independently documents recommendations for psychiatric consultations accurately when applicable

patient evaluation skills- I have excellent patient evaluation skills and am able to conduct a full accurate and dependable patient analysis before delivery of care.

self-assessment skills- I have the necessary skills to be able to gauge myself and my level of skill in the field. I am able to set goals towards improving my clinical skills.

Empathy- I am able to listen to patients’ problems without judging them and instead feeling empathy towards them and therefore able to put in the extra effort to help them to the best of my ability.

Professional skills- practical experiences will help me improve my professional skills while in the health care setting

Screening skills- working with screening instruments more will help me become more familiar on how to implement them for an effective and efficient interaction with clients

Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills- working with more clients and under supervision will help improve my comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills and also improve my functional assessment skills

Interpersonal and intrapersonal skills- interacting with more colleagues and clients inside and outside the workplace will help build my interpersonal and intrapersonal skills for a better clinical assessment

1. Goal: Improve my professional skills

a. Objective: Work with professionals in my field

b. Objective: Collaborate with other professionals in different fields

c. Objective: To successfully carry out a functional assessment

2. Goal: Improve my screening skills

a. Objective: Offer to work under people who are familiar with the working of screening instruments

b. Objective: Attend trainings on the use of the various screening instruments

c. Objective: Practice acquired screening skills on clients while under supervision

3. Goal: improve my interpersonal and intrapersonal skills

a. Objective: Avail myself to events that offer chances to meet people working in my field

b. Objective: Conclusively make an assessment while maintaining client boundaries

c. Objective: Read more content on clinical skills and practice it in the clinical setting