Location

Please check the individual session for location or broadcast availability.  

Frequency

Weekly

Series Director

Jair Soares, MD, PhD

Target Audience and Needs

Psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, residents, fellows and medical students need to be regularly updated with clinical best practices, research advances, and ethical issues pertaining to psychiatry and mental healthcare delivery, and implement them in clinical practice to enhance the quality of care, and improve patient outcomes.

Educational Methods

Educational methods will include lectures and panel discussions.

Objectives

At the conclusion of the sessions, the participants should be able to:

• Identify and implement current clinical best practices in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, and other mental health care professions.
• Apply recent research advances in the field of psychiatry and mental health in clinical practice.
• Summarize important and relevant ethical issues in considerations pertaining to mental health care delivery.
• Evaluate and classify the patient profile of atypical clinical presentations in psychiatric practice.

Evaluation

Participants may be asked to complete a session evaluation.

Accreditation/Credit Designation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Series Coordinator 

Aaron Zapata
Aaron.Zapata@uth.tmc.edu
713-486-2715