Mental Health Clerkship
Code
11147
Academic unit
NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
Department
SP
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Prof. Doutor Miguel Xavier
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
A. To promote the development of a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic skills, through a tutorial teaching/learning approach.
B. To facilitate a first experience of the students with research in psychiatry and mental health.
C. To integrate the students in the routine practice of multidisciplinary teams.
D. To raise students awareness for the public health dimension of mental health problems, highlighting the topic of delivery of care and organization of services (reference, pathways to care, liaison psychiatry).
Prerequisites
Psychiatry (5th year).
Subject matter
The clerkship is structured across three major dimensions:
Acquisition and integration of new knowledge
Specific skills training (eg, individual evaluation, family assessment)
Participation in research projects.
Contents are described in detail in the general document Graduate Outcomes of Portuguese Undergraduate Medical Education, issued by a partnership between all Portuguese medical schools.
Bibliography
David Goldberg and Robin Murray (2006). Maudsley Handbook of Practical Psychiatry. Londres, Oxford Medical Publications.
Michael Gelder , Philip Cowen , Paul Harrison (2006). Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Londres, Oxford Medical Publications.
Selected papers.
Teaching method
The Mental Health clerkship has duration of 4 weeks, on a full-time basis, and includes a module of theoretical and practical seminars (25 h) and a module for clinical practice (75-100 h), in which students can rotate through hospitalization valences, outpatient clinics, day hospital, child psychiatry, liaison psychiatry, rehabilitation and psychiatric emergency.
Teaching includes:
A. Workshops and seminars (discussion of case studies, videos, role-playing, group work)
B. Tutorial clinical practice (learning by doing).
Evaluation method
1. Continuous assessment (punctuality, motivation, participation in clinical activities, level of knowledge, level of skills, history taking, research activities, etc).
2. Preparation and discussion of a final report (description of the working period, critical appraisal).
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