Looking For Topic Suggestions For Multi-Disc Didactic Presentations

[Therapist4Chnge]

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I'm looking to develop some mini-didactic presentations for my in-pt treatment teams (nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech language pathologists, and physicians). My goal is to develop a half dozen or so "mini-didactics" that I can give as part of a continuing education series. I'm aiming for presentations that are 15-30min in length and provide useful and applicable information for staff. I can recycle stuff I have from my residency training topics, but frankly those can get more technical than I'd prefer.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

ps. I asked them for some topics too...TBD.

 

[CheetahGirl]

T4C, when I externed on an inpatient psychiatric unit, it always bothered me that Axis II was 'deferred.' I know that it was an indistinguishable factor in acute psychiatric cases, but as one who has learned to diagnosis and treat Axis II disorders, I silently mourned it's importance in the bigger clinical picture.

Could you put together a breakdown of Axis II disorders from the DSM-IV-TR under the premise of presenting how the DSM-5 now presents these clusters of symptoms? BTW, I believe there are not too many changes from the old to new edition of the DSM regarding Axis II (other than elimination of the Axes), but I have to review my notes to detail it for you. There are also texts out that detail the changes if you wanted to present the entire breakdown of changes to the new DSM-5. It seems daunting but one professor did this for our program and the 3 or 4-part presentation was very engaging as newbies asked questions and there were plenty of clinical examples (from both faculty and more senior students) to draw upon.

Good luck!

 

[docma]

You might be able to make these a viable commercial product for training programs as well I think as it is hard for internship sites to find quality, affordable materials to ensure good coverage of some topics and self-study materials for review to fill in gaps in students' academic or practicum preparation could be valuable. They might also be good platforms for a didactic series, if you provided overviews or updates that could then be discussed on site in ways relevant to the specific setting.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

Thanks Cheetah! First I'll need to read up on the DSM-V, whoops! I deal 99% with the ICD-9 (and soon to be ICD-10).

docma: I've been kicking around that idea for awhile now. I have a number of partially written chapters on a particular topic and then stacks of presentations that would be a great start to some CEU/CME modules. With all of this extra time I have (*sarcasm*) I hope to pull something together in the next year or so.

 

[CheetahGirl]

Thanks Cheeta! First I'll need to read up on the DSM-V, whoops! I deal 99% with the ICD-9 (and soon to be ICD-10).

This type of overview is doable and necessary, especially since the ICD-9 still uses DSM-IV-TR codes. ICD-10 has not yet determined whether clinicians will use the old format or new DSM-5. It's best to know both which is not a problem for you or me b/c we've been around for the former and the latter.

I'm also fantasizing about some discussion about how personality plays a role in symptom presentation. Boils my blood when residents talk about "the pt exhibiting high anxiety, depressive mood, and significant psychomotor agitation," and they leave out certain significant personality traits or situational stressors..."Oh yeah, the (formerly diagnosed BPD) woman just learned her abuser was released on probation and told her he's taking her kids when she's not looking..." Uh, I think that BPD dx and contextual factors are useful to toss around when interacting with her and developing some sort compliance-achieving TX plan, ya know?!

I can PM you some Axis II notes if you want.