Mental Status Exam Part 1 (Archived)
Activity
Large Group Session
What is the MSE? Component of interview or patient encounter. Structured observations and inquiries regarding signs and symptoms of conditions that affect the CNS. Records observed behaviour, cognitive abilities and inner experiences expressed during the interview.

Curriculum Block

Brain and Behaviour / Medical Foundation 4 / Part 4 / Week 1

Tags

AFMC Entrustable Professional Activities
2. Formulate and justify a prioritized differential diagnosis
AFMC National Clinical Skills
Mental Status Examination
Archived
Archived
Basic Sciences
Classification Diagnosis
Cohort Year
2011
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour Medical Foundation 4 Part 4 Week 1
Curriculum Week
Part 4 Week 9
Discipline
Psychiatry
McMaster Program Competencies
1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests. 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 4.1 Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a broad range of socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds 4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics 4.4 Demonstrate insight and understanding about emotions and human responses to emotions that allow one to develop and manage interpersonal interactions, including the ability to manage one’s own interpersonal responses 4.5 Maintain comprehensive, timely, and legible medical records
MeSH
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales [F04.586] Cognition [F02.463.188] Medical History Taking [E01.370.510] Mental Disorders [F03] Mental Processes [F02.463] Mental Status Schedule [F04.586.574]