Advocacy
Activity
Clinical Exposure
Clinical Exposure
Practice non-stigmatizing attitude and advocacy towards those experiencing mental illness.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Psychiatry Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Knowledge of indications for referral to psychiatry.
- Knowledge of legal issues, the Mental Health Act and when to invoke it: risk to self and others, obligatory reporting; Use of Legal Certification Forms under the Mental Health Act; duty to warn, exceptions to requirement for consent; role of Community Treatment Orders (CTO); capacity and informed consent, right to refuse treatment, exceptions to requirement for consent.
- Knowledge of the determinants of health and outcomes in mental illness (e.g. poverty, immigration, cultural factors).
- Knowledge of social interventions and resources: Demonstrate understanding of the health care provider's role in patient advocacy; Finding and working with social agencies (CAS, food banks, CFS, Good Shepherd, AY, etc.); Understanding indications for OW and ODSP.
Tags
C2LEO
Health Advocate
CanMEDS Roles
Health Advocate
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Psychiatry Rotation
Discipline
Psychiatry
MCC Presentations
Concepts of Health and Its Determinants
Legal system
McMaster Professional Competency
Social, Cultural and Humanistic Dimensions of Health
MeSH
Community Health Services [N02.421.143]
Mental Health [N01.400.500]
Patient Advocacy [I01.880.604.631]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Referral and Consultation [N04.452.758.849]
Social Determinants of Health [N01.400.675]
