The overall goal of the McMaster University Annual Review Course in Psychiatry is to help build capacity among front-line mental health providers related to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with mental health concerns.
The provision of mental health care primarily occurs in community and primary care settings, where a wide array of multidisciplinary team members, including family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, psychologists, pharmacists, physician assistants, and psychiatrists, work together to meet the complex needs of patients with mental illness.
Given ongoing specialist shortages across Canada, long ER wait times, and the expanding role of family physicians, nurse practitioners, and other primary care providers in the delivery of mental health services, the purpose of this educational activity is to offer an opportunity to learn practical, up-to-date, and evidence-based clinical pearls related to the provision of mental health care in the primary care setting.
# Target Audience
Family Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers, Specialists, and Learners in Health Professions.
# Overall Learning Objectives
By the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Assess common mental health problems encountered in primary care, and diverse patient populations.
- Initiate a treatment plan using a biopsychosocial care model, comprising a range of therapeutic strategies, including pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy.
- Apply the latest clinical practice guidelines to the screening, diagnosis and and/or management of mental health concerns throughout the lifespan.
- Recognize when to refer for specialist care.
- Identify local, provincial, and online resources for provider and patient support in the management of mental health concerns.
# Accreditation Statements
The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office at McMaster University is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Mainpro+ and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.
This activity meets the certification of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified for up to 7.75 Mainpro+ Certified Activity credits (per day).
This program is approved as an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the MOC Program of the RCPSC. A maximum of 7.75 MOC Section 1 hours has been approved (per day).
Through an agreement between the RCPSC and the American Medical Association (AMA), physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Further information can be found here.
Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.
Details and times are subject to change. Program times are in Eastern Time (ET)