NCL and Maudsley Learning are delivering an interactive Mental Health Masterclass for Physician Associates. This comprises of two parts. 

Part 1: Masterclass

By the end of this Masterclass, physician associates will:

• know what is required when taking a full psychiatric history.
• know all the elements of a comprehensive psychiatric risk assessment.
• know all of the elements of a mental state examination.
• start to be able to describe common psychopathology using the mental state examination structure understand why someone may escalate, and know the principles of verbal de-escalation using the Calm-Relate-Manage model.
• have an awareness of the broad groups of medication used to treat psychiatric ill health and how they may impact on physical health.
• recognise the broad principles of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act, and how they may be applied.

Important note: in order to receive your CPD accredited certificate you will need to sign up for the second part of the training: 'NCL Physician Associate Mental Health Training - Online Simulation.'

For further information, contact: Chaima.hale@nhs.net