Curriculum Objective
Objective
Clerkship Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
Conduct a general interview: learn specific skills that convey empathy. Take a psychiatric history in an empathic manner that enables the assessment of relevant psychological, medical and social factors. Adapt their interview techniques to deal with common sorts of "special" situations/patients (e.g., children, the elderly, those who don't speak English, those with communication or cognitive problems, use of interpreters, family members for collateral, etc.). Adapt their interview techniques to deal with common sorts of "challenging" styles (e.g., silent, over-talkative, angry, seductive, suspicious, passive, dependent, defensive, evasive patients, or those who deny they need help).
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Psychiatry Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Activities
Clerkship Teaching Session
Tags
AFMC Entrustable Professional Activities
1. Obtain a history and perform a physical examination adapted to the patient’s clinical situation
9. Communicate in difficult situations
AFMC National Clinical Skills
Communication Skills and Medical Interviewing
CanMEDS Roles
Medical Expert
Communicator
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Psychiatry Rotation
Discipline
Psychiatry
Level Of Competence
Does - Clerkship
McMaster Professional Competency
Effective Communication
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
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
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
2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care.
5.5 Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to a diverse patient population, including all dimensions of diversity such as those that are included in human rights legislation and federal and provincial law.
MeSH
Interview, Psychological [F04.669.599]
Medical History Taking [E01.370.510]
Communication [F01.145.209]
Objective Type
Core
