MP3C Practice Improvement Workshops (Clinical Skills Modules) train healthcare providers and teams
with integrated and collaborative tools and resources, and equip them
with a wide range of skillsets to help diagnose, manage, and treat
co-morbid physical
and mental health issues
- MP3C offers 8 Practice Improvement Workshops
- For the MP3C certificate program, any two Practice Improvement workshops are required.
- Each Practice Improvement workshop is accredited for 3.0 credits (Mainpro+ or Section 1).
- There is no prerequisite for any of the Practice Improvement Workshops and can be taken in any sequence.
- Any Practice Improvement workshop can be taken based on practice needs or interest without pursuing the full certificate program
The MP3C Practice Improvement Workshops are:
- Features an
inter-professional approach to managing complexities in patients with response
behaviours of dementia, including the topics of: differentiating between
delirium and dementia, approaches to behaviour assessment, caregiving
strategies to minimize responsive behaviours, and communication approaches
- Workshop participants
will have the opportunity to reflect on patient encounters and discuss improved
patient outcomes and experiences
Features an inter-professional approach to managing complexities in patients with delirium.
Topics Include:
- Etiology (including a discussion on hospital-related processes which contribute
to development of delirium),
- Leading hypotheses of pathophysiology, diagnosis,
outcomes, prevention, and management
- Participants have an
opportunity to reflect on patient encounters and discuss improved patient
outcomes and experiences.
Addresses the association between mental health and obesity from adult perspectives:
- Identify the relationship between mental health issues and obesity, including common causes and risk factors
- Apply a comprehensive approach to assessing and developing team-based treatment plans for mental health related factors contributing to obesity management
- Implement care plans for managing obesity and mental health based on the 2020 Canadian Obesity guidelines
- Case-based learning to
help attendees to understand the etiology, prevalence, assessment tools,
principles of medical management and treatment for anorexia nervosa and bulimia
nervosa
- Principles of
management will focus on community based and primary care assessment and
intervention
- Discuss both physical
and mental health complications, integrated treatment approaches and levels of
intervention ranging from community based, general hospital care to specialized
treatment settings
Describe and apply a variety of practical CBT Strategies:
- Understand the Cognitive Behavioural Model
- Set SMART goals
- Use Self-Monitoring to track behaviours and health metrics
- Use Behavioural Activation to decrease maladaptive and increase adaptive behaviours
- Apply a Problem-Solving Framework
- Identify "Cognitive Distortions" (thinking traps)
- Use Cognitive Restructuring to develop balanced thoughts
- Addresses the complex
relationship between sleep and mental illness
- Participants will learn
to apply a comprehensive approach to assessing and managing sleep complaints in
patients with psychiatric and medical comorbidities, as well as how to develop
a care plan in collaboration with inter-professional team members and patients
to support patients' sleep management
- Workshop participants
will reflect on patient encounters and resource limitations through case
studies and will learn about the relevant resources to improve patient sleep
outcomes and experiences
Managing Unexplained Physical Symptoms
- Provides an opportunity for participants to understand the meaning
of unexplained physical symptoms to patients and providers and the
challenges they face when they experience unexplained physical symptoms
- Workshop participants will be guided through evidence-informed
practices for the targeted patient population and will have the
opportunity to develop approaches for creating a productive
patient/provider therapeutic relationship
- Focuses on developing an inter-professional approach to distress in patients with cancer
- Participants will learn a working definition of distress and are
introduced to a variety of evidence based tools for detection of
distress in clinical settings
- Discusses different strategies for management as well as resources
available in the hospital and community that can be utilized by
interprofessional health care providers when involved in the care of
patients with cancer
- Workshop participants will have an opportunity to reflect on a
clinical case and build on skills gained from MP3C Foundational courses