Resources for Educators

Here you will find a selection of different resources that medical schools have provided for those delivering teaching in mental health to students.

Hull and York Medical School

Teaching undergraduates in the psychiatry outpatient clinic – a handy guide for clinicians on to give students a great experience in clinic

Liverpool School of Medicine

Below are resources for Case Based Learning tutorials. Each document contains several scenarios with questions for the students to answer. There is an accompanying document for tutors with suggested answers.

University College London

This contains notes for the tutorial with links to relevant YouTube videos
Learning Outcomes
·         How to carry out a Mental State Examination in a person who presents with psychotic symptoms
·         Key points in the history taking
·         The physical and emotional impact of psychosis upon patients

This contains notes for the tutorial with links to relevant YouTube videos
Learning Objectives
·         To improve skills in psychiatric history taking in people with panic symptoms
·         To improve skills in recording and presenting key mental state examination findings in a person with severe anxiety
·         Understand stepped care approaches to helping a person with panic attacks

Notes for the tutorial with links to relevant YouTube videos
Learning Objectives
·         To improve skills in taking and presenting a psychiatric history in patients presenting with depression and psychosis.
·         To improve skills in recording and presenting key mental state examination findings in patients presenting with depression and psychosis

Cardiff Medical School

This extensive word document provides material to cover three cases for discussion on:

·         A young woman with a history of anorexia nervosa who is later diagnosed with bipolar disorder
·         A young woman with a diagnosis of depressive disorder with psychotic symptoms
·         A young man with a first episode of psychosis who is later diagnosed with schizophrenia

Along with detailed supporting information on psychopharmacology, psychological interventions, risk assessment and management and the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act

This is the student document for the above sessions

These are for use in the sessions contained in the handbooks above. Please note these are all fictional casenotes created for the purpose of the tutorials.

Aberdeen University

History taking and Mental State Exam Tutorial session guides – the documents below contain the handbook and instructions for tutors, students and actors taking part in a multi-session facilitated tutorial including simulation covering several different common mental health problems.

University of Cambridge

Case based discussions – these are the tutor guides with scenarios to be shared with students and questions for discussion among the group.

University of Sheffield Medical School

Kings College London