Kieron Bradshaw, 1 March 2024
Welcome to your March 2024 update from the Foundation elearning programme.
Mental health assessment is a vital part of all doctors’ professional practice. The sessions highlighted in this month’s update cover assessment and examination, delirium, psychotic disorders, self-harm, depression, and the Mental Health Act.
Sessions:
- Psychiatric Assessment and Mental State Examination
- Delirium (Acute Confusional States): Recognition and Causes
- Delirium (Acute Confusional States): Diagnosis and Management
- Pyschotic Disorders
- Mental Health Act
- Self Harm Assessment
- Managing Self Harm
- Depression
- Bipolar Affective Disorder
The sessions cover key areas in your curriculum on:
FPC 1: Clinical Assessment
FPC 2: Clinical Prioritisation
FPC 5: Continuity of Care
Notes:
The Foundation elearning programme has been developed specifically for Foundation doctors by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in partnership with NHS England elearning for healthcare (NHSE elfh), and is approved by the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO).
The online training has a range of other sessions that might help you. Please log in to the programme page to view more.
You can sign on to the elearning with your login supplied by elearning for healthcare at any time during your foundation training.
HORUS and TURAS have deep links to elearning for healthcare sessions from the Foundation Curriculum and are therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easier to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.
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