NURSPRAC 720 : Advanced Mental Health Assessment
Medical and Health Sciences
2023 Semester One (1233) (30 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Course Contacts
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 2: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 3: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 5: | Independence and Integrity |
| Capability 6: | Social and Environmental Responsibilities |
Learning Outcomes
- Undertake and document collaborative mental health assessment and diagnostic reasoning at an advanced level, including clinical history, mental state assessment, systems review, risk formulation and clinical and diagnostic formulation. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 5.1, 6.1 and 6.2)
- Undertake a physical examination with particular focus on common physical health problems in the mental health context, such as metabolic syndrome. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 and 5.1)
- Integrate laboratory and other diagnostic tests within a comprehensive mental and physical health assessment in order to establish an evidence based diagnostic hypothesis. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 5.1 and 6.2)
- Articulate the knowledge underlying clinical assessment and diagnostic test findings, in order to develop a list of differential diagnoses and formulate a diagnostic decision. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 and 5.1)
- Demonstrate the capacity to apply theoretical and practical understandings of the evidenced based practices required to undertake advanced mental health roles in clinical care. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 5.1, 5.3 and 6.2)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Comprehensive Mental Health Case Study | 35% | Individual Coursework |
| Assessment 2 - Physical health and diagnostic assessment | 35% | Individual Coursework |
| Clinical exam of an adult | 30% | Individual Examination |
| 3 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Assessment 1 - Comprehensive Mental Health Case Study | ||||||||||
| Assessment 2 - Physical health and diagnostic assessment | ||||||||||
| Clinical exam of an adult | ||||||||||
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 30 point course and students are expected to spend 20 hours per week involved in each 30 point course that they are enrolled in.
For this course, you can expect 6 days of lectures plus one day which is allocated for the clinical examination. You will need to allow time for reading and thinking about the content plus to work on assignments and exam preparation.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including lectures and tutorials to complete components of the course.
Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including tutorials may be available as recordings.
The course may include live online events including group discussions and tutorials.
Attendance on campus is required for the clinical exam.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a block delivery.
Learning Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
There are no required course texts. Students are expected to develop their own set of readings relevant to the themes chosen for the assignments in this course. The recommended readings are available from the left hand menu on Canvas, where you can access the Talis Reading list.
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.
The delivery mode may change depending on COVID restrictions. Any changes will be communicated through Canvas.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.