Intro to the Mental Status Exam
Activity
e-Learning Module
e-Learning Module
Know the role of the Mental Status exam (MSE) in the assessment and management of the patient. Understand the differences between the MSE, the MMSE, and the psychiatric interview. Elicit elements of the MSE during the psychiatric interview. Verbal report and write up of the psychiatric interview, including MSE.
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour / Medical Foundation 4 / Part 4 / Week 1
Assessments
Objectives Structured Clinical Examination
End-Unit Clinical Skills Assessment
Tags
AFMC National Clinical Skills
Mental Status Examination
Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour
Medical Foundation 4
Part 4
Week 1
Curriculum Week
Part 4
Week 9
Discipline
Psychiatry
General MCC Objectives
Clinical Judgement And Decision-Making
MCC Presentations
Anxiety
Depressed Mood
Mania / Hypomania
Personality Disorders
Psychosis
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
MeSH
Interview, Psychological [F04.669.599]
Mental Status Schedule [F04.586.574]
