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Revisit the goals and objectives from your Practicum Experience Plan. Explain the degree to which you achieved each during the practicum experience.
Journal EntryI worked in a psychiatric clinic and these were my goals and objectives:
1. Goal: Develop advanced mental status examination skills by the end of practicum
a. Objective: perform mental status exam on all patient encounters
b. Objective: identify potential mental and behavioral disorders using mental status exam
c. Objective: interpret results of mental status examination
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2. Goal: Develop the knowledge and skills to Formulate psychiatric diagnoses independently y the end of practicum
a. Objective: demonstrate advanced techniques in performing focused assessment necessary for making diagnosis
a. Objective: Utilize laboratory, physical assessment, and patient’s concerns to develop psychiatric differential diagnosis for patient encounters
b. Objective: apply advanced assessment skills in making and prioritizing psychiatric differential diagnosis
3. Goal: Develop the knowledge and skills for selecting appropriate psychiatric screening instruments by the end of practicum
a. Objective: apply advanced techniques and effective communication skills in interviewing patients.
b. Objective: Utilize advanced knowledge in understanding various psychiatric screening instruments
c. Objective: demonstrate advanced techniques in implementing psychiatric screening instruments.