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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 need 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 

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Differentiating between pathophysiological and psychopathological conditions 

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

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Performing and interpreting a mental status examination 

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Performing and interpreting a psychosocial assessment and family psychiatric history 

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

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Diagnostic reasoning skill in:

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

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Developing and prioritizing a differential diagnoses list

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

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

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Psychotherapeutic Treatment Planning:

Provide psychoeducation to individuals and/or any caregivers

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Promote health and disease prevention techniques

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Self Assessment skill:

Develop SMART goals for practicum experiences 

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Evaluating outcomes of practicum goals and modify plan as necessary 

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Documenting and reflecting on learning experiences

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Professional skills:

Maintains professional boundaries and therapeutic relationship with clients and staff

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

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Identifies ethical and legal dilemmas with possible resolutions

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Demonstrates non-judgmental practice approach and empathy

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Practices within scope of practice

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

Demonstrates selecting the correct screening instrument appropriate for the clinical situation 

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Implements the screening instrument efficiently and effectively with the clients

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Interprets results for screening instruments accurately

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Identifies the need to refer to another specialty provider when applicable

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Accurately documents recommendations for psychiatric consultations when applicable

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· Recognizing clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric.

· Performing mental status examinations independently.

· Documenting and reflecting on practicum experiences.

· Maintaining professional boundaries with clients.

· Developing and prioritizing differential diagnosis.

· Selecting, implementing, and interpreting appropriate screening tools.

· Collaborating effectively with multi-disciplinary teams.

· Promoting comprehensive treatment planning.

1. Goal: Enhance diagnostic reasoning skills.

a. Objective: Develop and prioritize a differential diagnosis list for five patient cases under supervision by week 6.

b. Objective: Formulate DSM-5-TR diagnoses based on data for three cases independently by the end of week 10.

c. Objective: Differentiate between normal and abnormal symptoms in at least five patients by mid-practicum.

2. Goal: Improve proficiency in screening tools.

a. Objective: Identify and choose proper psychosocial screens for common psychiatric disorders by the end of Week 5.

b. Objective: Demonstrate the ability to interpret and document screening results for five cases with not less than 80% accuracy at the end of the practicum.

c. Objective: The student should recommend a specialist when needed at least two instances by Week 8.

3. Goal: Strengthen collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.

a. Objective: Attend and contribute to two team meeting per month to discuss treatment plans.

b. Objective: Submit one integrated case analysis to the team by Week 12.

c. Objective: Implement patient care plan feedback from team meetings for two cases.

4. Goal: Promote health education and prevention strategies.

a. Objective: To deliver psychoeducation on disease prevention to at least five clients or caregivers by mid-practicum.

b. Objective: Write about the effects of Human health promotion techniques with the execution of normal/patient care plans in blunt by Week 10.

c. Objective: Create an information sheet based on the symptoms and care advice which will be useful for patients with chronic psychiatric diseases by the end of the practicum .