Target Patient Population: 40 children/adolescents and 40 adults/older adults
| Desired Clinical Skills for Students to Achieve |
| Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills in: |
| · Recognizing clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness across the lifespan |
| · 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: |
| · 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 |
| Pharmacotherapeutic skills in: |
| · Selecting appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for medication plan (e.g., risk/benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations, financial, the process of informed consent, symptom management) |
| · Evaluating patient response and modify plan as necessary |
| · Documenting (e.g., adverse reaction, the patient response, changes to the plan of care) |
| Psychotherapeutic Treatment Planning: |
| · Recognizes concepts of therapeutic modalities across the lifespan |
| · Selecting appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for psychotherapeutic plan (e.g., risk/benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations, financial, the process of informed consent, symptom management, modality appropriate for situation) |
| · Applies age appropriate psychotherapeutic counseling techniques with individuals and/or any caregivers |
| · Develop an age appropriate individualized plan of care |
| · Provide psychoeducation to individuals and/or any caregivers |
| · Promote health and disease prevention techniques |
| 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 |
(Walden University PMHNP PRAC 6665/6675 Clinical Skills List)
| · Demonstrate ability |
| Selecting and implementing appropriate screening instrument(s), interpreting results, and making recommendations and referrals |
| · 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 |
| · Develops an appropriate plan of care based upon screening instruments response |
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