Nov 22, 2024
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine 2024-2025
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine 2024-2025
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OCOM 8055 - Psychiatry
Psychiatry is a four-week blended course that integrates biomedical, social, osteopathic, clinical, and health systems science into the clinical learning environment experience. Educational activities rely on the application and integration of foundational concepts in psychiatric medicine through faculty- and learner-directed study. Additionally, course topics are reinforced through rotation-specific clinical experiences. In this course, students demonstrate and apply key concepts in the identification, clinical assessment, and treatment of common psychiatric disorders.
Credit Hours:8
Course Outcomes
• Students will be able to elicit, record, and present a psychiatric assessment with complete mental status exam.
• Students will be able to identify specific signs and symptoms of common psychiatric disorders using DSM-5 criteria.
• Students will be able to describe the indications and the basic pharmacology of frequently prescribed psychotropic medications.
• Students will be able to describe psychotherapeutic and non-pharmacological approaches to common psychiatric disorders.
• Students will be able to assess suicide risk and dangerousness to others and take steps as needed to protect the patient, self and others. • Students will be able to describe the opportunities, attractions, and challenges of psychiatry as a specialty.
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