Clinical Skills Self-Assessment

Clinical Skills for Students to Achieve

Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills in:

· Recognizing clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness

· 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:

· Demonstrate knowledge of psychopathology of mental illnesses through discussion for different age groups and mental illnesses

· Developing and prioritizing a differential diagnoses list

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

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

Psychotherapeutic Treatment Planning:

· Provide psychoeducation to individuals and/or caregivers

· Promote health and disease prevention techniques

Self Assessment skill:

· Develop SMART goals for practicum experiences

· Evaluating outcomes of practicum goals and modify plan as necessary

· Documenting and reflecting on learning experiences

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

Selecting and implementing appropriate screening instrument(s) and interpreting results

· 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

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