PRAC /6675 Clinical Skills
Self-Assessment Form
Desired Clinical Skills for Students to Achieve
Confident (Can complete independently)
Mostly confident (Can complete with supervision)
Beginning (Have performed with supervision or needs supervision to feel confident)
New (Have never performed or does not apply)
Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills in:
Recognizing clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illnessacross the lifespan
x
Differentiating between pathophysiological and psychopathological conditions
x
Performing and interpreting a comprehensive and/or interval history and physical examination (including laboratory and diagnostic studies)
x
Performing and interpreting a mental status examination
x
Performing and interpreting a psychosocial assessment and family psychiatric history
Performing and interpreting a functional assessment (activities of daily living, occupational, social, leisure, educational).
x
Diagnostic reasoning skill in:
Developing and prioritizing a differential diagnoses list
x
Formulating diagnoses according to DSM 5 based on assessment data
x
Differentiating between normal/abnormal age-related physiological and psychological symptoms/changes
x
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)
x
Evaluating patient response and modify plan as necessary
x
Documenting (e.g., adverse reaction, the patient response, changes to the plan of care)
x
Psychotherapeutic Treatment Planning:
Recognizes concepts of therapeutic modalitiesacross the lifespan
x
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)
x
Applies age appropriate psychotherapeutic counseling techniques with individuals and/or any caregivers
x
Develop an age appropriate individualized plan of care
x
Provide psychoeducation to individuals and/or any caregivers
x
Promote health and disease prevention techniques
x
Self-assessment...
More specifically, I am confident of my skills and capabilities in not only psychiatric illness assessment, but also interpretation of interval/comprehensive history as well as physical examination. Amongst other things, I have also acquired the relevant skills in functional assessment performance and interpretation. In addition to the psychiatric evaluation skills highlighted above, I am also confident of my abilities in relation to diagnostic reasoning. On this front, I can comfortably come up with proper diagnosis on the basis of assessment data and in line with the DSM 5. Over time, I have also further developed my capabilities in both the development and prioritization of differential diagnoses. One other strength that I possess, and which ought not to go unmentioned, relates to a…
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