Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners.
This episode covers the psychiatric case presentation with Dr. Justin Delwo. Dr. Delwo is a staff psychiatrist at Toronto Western Hospital where he works in the emergency department and urgent care settings.
The learning objectives for this episode are as follows:
1. What is the goal of a psychiatric case presentation?
2. What are some ground rules for a case presentation?
3. What are the key sections of a case presentation and what should you include under each?
4. How can you tailor your case presentation to the setting?
Guest: Dr. Justin Delwo
Hosts: Dr. Matt Cho (PGY1), Dr. Daamoon Ghahari (PGY2), and Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)
Audio editing: Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)
Episode evaluation: Shelly Palchik (MS4)
Time Stamps:
(1:50) - Goals of a case presentation
(4:49) - Ground rules for presenting
(7:56) - General overview
(19:44) - Identifying Data
(23:16) - Chief complaint and reason for referral
(25:42) - History of presenting illness
(38:38) - Review of systems
(42:16) - Safety
(49:42) - Past psychiatric history
(53:54) - Medications
(55:55) - Past medical history
(59:14) - Allergies
(1:00:13) - Family psychiatric history
(1:02:07) - Personal history
(1:06:23) - Mental status exam
(1:09:45) - Impression
(1:14:20) - Plan
(1:18:43) - Tailoring to different settings
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