Week 4A: Practical Introduction to General Practice Psychotherapy

Confirmed date and Location: August 10-14 2009, Blue Mountain

Our 9:00 to 12:15 seminar is sold out, but we are now offering an afternoon session running from 1:00 to 4:15 p.m.

Overview:

An interactive overview of relevant theories and techniques of General Practice Psychotherapy and brief overview of Interpersonal Therapy. Essential “Do’s” and “Don’ts” of psychotherapy: including Record Keeping, Confidentiality, Patient and Therapist Safety, Consent to Treatment, Forming a Therapeutic Alliance, and Boundary Issues. Interactive discussion of real and fictional patient-therapist encounters. There will be the viewing of some Professional video showing real patients and also some Hollywood films featuring depictions of psychotherapy.

Topics:  

Universal therapeutic factors in various common forms of psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Guidelines and suggested standards; Consent to treatment, record keeping, assessing suicide risk, assessing dangerousness (duty to warn), confidentiality, diagnosis, assessment and psychotherapeutic treatment of depression; appropriate boundaries for effective therapeutic intervention; discussion and viewing of video clips from movies; introduction to interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for depression; historical and conceptual basis of interpersonal psychotherapy; working with role disputes and role transitions; videotaped case  presentations; the trans-theoretical model of behaviour change, one wounded healer’s journey through stress and depression; issues in physician’ health and illness.

Faculty:

Dr. Michael Paré, M.D., M.Sc., M.Ed., C-IPT, C-GT, Physician Psychotherapist, Education Chair OMA Section on GP-Psychotherapy, Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Tyndale University.

Accreditation:

This course meets the accreditation criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for 15 MAINPRO-C credits. This educational program meets the accreditation criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada, and has been accredited for 15 MAINPRO-M1 credits. This educational program is approved as an Accredited Group Learning Activity under Section 1 of the Framework of CPD options for the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, for a maximum of 15 hours. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. This educational program is designated for a maximum of 15 hours in Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Study Credits:

We are currently applying for accreditation for this program. 

The program offered in this week meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and we will be applying for accreditation for 15 MAINPRO-M1 credits. As an organization accredited by the Committee of Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools, the Continuing Medical Education Program at McMaster University designates 15 Category 1 credits of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association for each weekly seminar. Professional development credits may be given to Social Workers and Nurses. Attendees are advised to retain their letters of attendance.