Strategies to Promote Clinical Reasoning in Psychiatry

Speaker:
Descartes Li, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Vice Chair for Education, UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1) Comprehend the basic vocabulary of clinical reasoning so as to better communicate with UCSF medical students
2) Evaluate the problem representations and illness scripts when demonstrated by trainees using general principles for the evaluation of each component
3) Assess the schemas and prioritized differential diagnoses as part of trainees' clinical reasoning
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Intensive Services Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended only for behavioral/mental health professionals and clinical providers.