Treatment Course
Definition:
A competent
psychiatrist has the ability to manage patients for extended periods of time,
and skillfully documents the course of treatment.
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Entry Requirements:
Select
a challenging case you managed this year that demonstrates your ability to maintain
appropriate patient care over an extended period of time. The case must involve
shifts in diagnosis, treatment plan, pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, or other
treatment modalities. Provide a cover letter describing the case and explaining
why you chose it. Discuss how the supporting documents illustrate your ability
to manage the long term care of a patient. Include the initial psychiatric assessment
and treatment plan, progress notes, and evidence of adjustments in patient care.
Also include multidisciplinary assessments which influenced treatment decisions,
laboratory and radiology reports, pertinent literature reviewed, medication
records, as well as updated treatment plans/treatment plan reviews.
Treatment
Course Scoring Rubric
1
Important
skills and/or knowledge lacking to adequately manage the case; lacks skillful
approach; important issues not addressed, which could compromise patient care.
2
Appropriate
approach, but weaknesses would likely lead to potential problems; issues that
may have been important were left unexplored.
3
Competent
to successfully manage standard cases following a conventional approach; makes
appropriate adjustments in treatment.
4
Applies
conventional approach to a more complex case.
5
Well-integrated
knowledge and skills facilitate resolution of complex problems; provides rationale
and process to explain deviation from conventional approach.
6
Wide breadth
of knowledge and a sophisticated, well-integrated approach utilizing varied
sources to resolve a very complex case.
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