Psychiatry Essentials for F2s (463AWP)

Availability

Course has taken place

Subject

F2 Regional Teaching

Description

"Mental Health is everyone’s business" – key knowledge to help you in your ongoing career, whatever specialty you go into.

Additional information

A mix of large-group and small-group sessions, to include:

Experts by Experience workshop
Challenging consultations, conversations and situations
Mental State Examination, History Taking and Risk Assessment revision and practice
The Mental Health Act for non-psychiatrists
"Ask a Psychiatry Trainee" panel

Please note that attendees will need a working camera and microphone, and a private space from which to attend some of the components of the day.

Venue

Virtual/Online, Virtual/Online

Date & time

Thursday 22 February 2024, 09:30 to 16:30

Lecturer

TBC

Target audience

Mandatory: Foundation Year 2

Course style

Virtual/Online

Catering

N/A

Core topic

Core teaching

CPD hours

6:00

Cost

No charge

Aims

To develop fundamental psychiatric skills needed by all doctors, aimed at Foundation Doctors who have not had a job in psychiatry.

The day is highly interactive, structured around cases with opportunities to practice skills in small groups settings.

Objectives

Be able to confidently undertake a psychiatrically-focussed history, risk assessment and mental state examination in a general medical setting.
Be aware of the major medico-legal frameworks (MHA, MCA) and apply these to mental-health problems that may be encountered in the general medical setting.
Appreciate the patient perspective and experience of the intersection of mental and physical health problems and care.
Recognise possible factors, including stigma, related to challenging situations and know approaches for responding to and de-escalating these.

Learning outcomes

This course links with the following foundation professional capabilities (FPCs):

2 - Clinical prioritisation 3 - Holistic planning 4 - Communication and care 6 - Sharing the vision 11 - Ethics and law