Unit5

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Due Date: Sunday 11:59p.m. Unit 5 Points: 100 Overview: Choose two psychiatrists and PCP’s in your area to fact find how long it will take to get an appointment if you are reporting symptoms of anxiety and sadness. Instructions:

• Find two psychiatrists (or psychiatric APRNs) in your area to fact find.

• Call your PCP (if you don’t have one, ask a friend or family member to call

theirs).

• Call each provider and document how long it took for someone to call you back.

o If psychiatrists are accepting new patients, when is their first available

appointment?

o Find out how soon your PCP can get you in for an appointment.

o Do they accept your insurance; if not, what is the out of pocket costs? Do

they require you to be in therapy in order to prescribe medication?

• Given the information you have, which option do you choose and why?

o Weigh the pros and cons of wait time, cost, and scope of practice.

Do not pretend to be a patient; simply ask these questions as if you’re looking for answers before you decide to see a psychiatrist or a PCP. Requirements:

• 1-2 pages in length, excluding the Title and Reference page.

• APA format, including an in-text citation for referenced works.

• No scholarly references needed.

Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

HSV303: Intro to Counseling

Unit 5 Assignment: Psychiatric Medication: Psychiatrists or Primary Care Physicians

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Evaluation Rubric for Unit 5 Assignment

CRITERIA Deficient Needs Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

0-14 Points

15-19 Points 20-22 Points 23- 25 Points

PCP Fact Finding Questions inadequately addressed with little evidence of fact finding.

Questions addressed with minimal details.

Most questions addressed in detail.

Questions addressed in detail with evidence of sufficient fact finding.

Psychiatrist Fact Finding

Questions inadequately addressed with little evidence of fact finding.

Questions addressed with minimal details and little to no evidence of fact finding.

Most questions addressed in detail with evidence of fact finding.

Questions addressed in detail with sufficient evidence of fact finding.

Pros and Cons Pros and Cons inadequately addressed.

Pros and Cons addressed with minimal details.

Pros and Cons mostly addressed.

Pros and Cons addressed in detail.

0 Points n/a n/a 15 Points

Paper Length Less than 1 pages, more than 2

Between 1 and 2 pages

Mechanics 0-5 Points 6-7 Points 8-9 Points 10 Points

Spelling; grammar; use of APA style

Serious grammar, spelling, or APA errors.

Many grammar, spelling, or APA errors.

Few grammar, spelling, or APA errors.

No grammar, spelling, or APA errors.