Registering:

Ever wonder how you're going to manage to fit in time to take a thorough history and examination in your OSCEs?

Join our clinically focused teaching on psychiatry to help prepare for finals where we discuss history-taking, physical examinations, investigations, and how to differentiate between different causes of psychiatric disorders with practice case scenarios.

This teaching is not only aimed at Manchester medical students, anyone is welcome to join.

Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckdOiurjosGdXttw8ZEO6lhVNVY6wwZxK2

Certificates and slides are given once the feedback form is completed.

Conditions we will cover include:

- Mood disorders (e.g. bipolar disorder and depression)

- Anxiety/stress (e.g. generalised anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder)

- Psychosis (e.g. schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder)

- Eating disorders (e.g. anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa)

- Drug misuse (e.g. alcohol misuse, opioid misuse)

- Personality disorders

- Parasomnias

Learning objectives:

1. How to take a concise psychiatric history, assess risk, and know when to ask what question

2. Physical examinations to consider and their relevant signs

3. Investigations for psychiatric disorders and when to consider them

4. Causes of psychiatric disorders and how do differentiate between them

5. Practice OSCE scenarios to apply knowledge of psychiatry