A minimum of 80 patient encounters are required. ALL patient age populations must be seen across the lifespan (children, adolescents, adults, and older adults) Of those minimum 80 encounters, at least 5 patient encounters must be with age populations of children and adolescents (any combination to total at least a minimum of 5) and at least 5 patient encounters must be with age populations of adults and older adults (any combination to total at least a minimum of 5).
• Types of Patients: Patients receiving care for psychiatric, and substance use disorders across the life span to include children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. *
• Types of Services: Assessment and diagnosis of children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with acute and chronic psychiatric and substance use disorders.
• Possible Site Choices: Private practice, community psychiatric and/or counseling center, crisis centers, drug/alcohol rehabilitation center, college counseling center, employee assistance program (EAP) sites, or assisted living/Alzheimer’s facility, hospital or specialty care facility, jails/prison, or any other site where psychiatric assessment and diagnosing takes place (to be determined on an individual basis).
Assignment:
• Student Notes- Students must include a brief summary/synopsis of the patient visit—this does not need to be a SOAP note; however, the note needs to be sufficient to remember your patient encounter. Each note needs to be more than 50 words.
For example, I need 80 summary case notes to submit for my curriculum base on psychiatric care.
Note should look like:
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