Making the Challenging Clinical Decision (11th July)

Course Outline

This course is suitable for a range of clinicians involved in making clinical treatment decisions and performing risk assessments of acutely unwell patients: Consultants, CT/ST Grade Doctors, Care Co-ordinators, Psychiatric Liaison Nurses, Inpatient Nurses, Home Treatment Team Members, Community Team Members.

This multi-professional one-day course will allow participants to be involved in a series of simulated risk assessments using trained actors. After clinical case discussion and decision making, the chosen group decision will then be played out in a simulation scenario. The course will use simulation training debrief models to give feedback to participants on their contribution and assist them to learn positively and constructively from the experience.

Aim

• improve decision-making skills around the psychiatric admission process across the multi-disciplinary team
• have a better understanding of the decision making process around risk assessment
• have a better understanding of the individual biases and systemic factors influencing clinical decisions made
• work more effectively with colleagues from across the multi-disciplinary team when managing acutely unwell patient
• feel more confident in making decisions about the management of acutely unwell patients

Learning objectives

After completing this course those attending will have:

• improved confidence, knowledge and skills in the decision-making process around risk assessment as well as deciding whether to admit or discharge patients
• improved understanding of individual and systemic biases affecting clinical treatment decisions
• improved communication and collaborative decision-making within the multi-disciplinary