Psychiatry for IMGs: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

11th October 2024, 09:00 – 17:00 (Virtual)

Attendees will be given a Certificate of Participation at the end of the course, which is equivalent to 6 hours of CPD credit.

Starting a job in Psychiatry in the NHS can be daunting for both recent graduates and experienced clinicians who qualified from a foreign medical school.

This course aims to support you in plugging any practice gaps you may have in your first job in Psychiatry – whether working as a junior doctor on an inpatient Psychiatry ward or working alongside other mental health professionals in the community.

Who should attend?

Doctors working at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

In this course, you will gain confidence in the management of:

Depression

Self-Harm & Suicidality 

Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder

Bipolar Affective Disorder 

Psychosis 

Alcohol and substance misuse 

Dementia 

Mental Capacity Assessment

And much more

Learning Outcomes:

• Describe the organisation of mental health services in the UK.
• Discuss the criteria for the diagnoses of several common presentations in psychiatry and justify the management plan for these at the level expected at the start of Core Psychiatry Training Year 1 – EUPD, Self-Harm, Suicidality, Depression, Bipolar disorder, Psychosis.
• Discuss the prescription for a patient with acute alcohol withdrawal.
• Discuss the management of a patient with substance misuse in a psychiatry ward.
• Explain how to complete a Mental State Examination.
• Explain how to complete a Mental Capacity Assessment.

This is what the participants said:

”The course was presented in a simplified and easily understandable way”

”The lecturers were very knowledgeable and most encouraged participation”

“The variety of speakers; gave different perspectives on the topics”

“I found the topics relevant for my practice”

“I loved how all the topics were detailed”

Programme

Tutors