Suicide Risk Assessment
Activity
Clinical Skills Sessions
Clinical Skills Sessions
By the completion of this presentation, attendees will be able to describe risk factors for suicide; be familiar with key components of a suicide risk assessment; be aware of questions to use in a suicide risk assessment.
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour / Medical Foundation 4 / Part 4 / Week 2
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Activity Objectives
General Objectives
Assessments
Objectives Structured Clinical Examination
End-Unit Clinical Skills Assessment
Tags
AFMC National Clinical Skills
Mental Status Examination
Archived
Archived
Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour
Medical Foundation 4
Part 4
Week 2
Curriculum Week
Part 4
Week 10
Discipline
Psychiatry
General MCC Objectives
Clinical Judgement And Decision-Making
MCC Presentations
Suicidal Behavior
Violence, Family (Do not use)
McMaster Professional Competency
Clinical Skills
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.
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
4.5 Maintain comprehensive, timely, and legible medical records
5.1 Demonstrate accountability to patients, society, and the profession
5.7 Demonstrate the application of ethical principles to commonly encountered ethical issues such as the provision or withholding of care, confidentiality, informed consent, and including compliance with relevant laws, policies, and regulations
6.2 Identify aspects of the healthcare system that serve as barriers and enablers of providing healthcare to and optimizing the health of patients and the population
6.3 Advocate for quality patient care and optimal patient care systems that support patient- and population-centred care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable
MeSH
Suicide [F01.145.126.980.875]
Clinical Competence [I02.399.630.210]
Interview, Psychological [F04.669.599]
Self-Injurious Behavior [F01.145.126.980]
Violence [I01.880.735.900]