Professionalism

Professionalism

R Residents must demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles and sensitivity to a diverse patient population.

• Residents shall demonstrate responsibility for their patients' care.
• The resident will respond to communications from patients and health professionals in a timely manner.
• The resident shall demonstrate ethical behavior, as defined in the Principles of Medical Ethics with Special Annotations for Psychiatry (APA).
• The resident shall demonstrate respect for patients and colleagues as persons, including their age, culture, disabilities, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.
• The resident insures continuity of care for patients, and when it is appropriate to terminate care, does so appropriately and does not "abandon" patients

Systems-Based Practice

Residents must demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care and the ability to effectively call on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value.

• The resident shall be able to articulate the basic concepts of systems theory and how it is used in psychiatry. The resident should have a working knowledge of the diverse systems involved in treating adults, children, and adolescents, and understand how to use the systems as part of a comprehensive system of care, in general, and as a part of a comprehensive, individualized treatment

• The resident should demonstrate knowledge of and interact with managed behavioral health systems including:

• Participating in utilization review communications and, when appropriate, advocating for quality patient care

• Educating patients concerning such systems of care.

• Demonstrate knowledge of community systems of care and assist patients to access appropriate psychiatric care and other mental health support services. The resident should demonstrate knowledge of the organization of care in each relevant delivery setting, and the ability to integrate the care of patients across such settings

Attitudes

Residents should demonstrate in their behavior and demeanor the following attitudes:

• Respect, regard and integrity, and a responsiveness to the needs of patients and society that supersedes self-interest; assume responsibility and act responsibly; and a commitment to excellence. • Commitment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of clinical care, confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, and business practices. • The capacity to know when and how to advocate for procedures and practices for the patient’s benefit, consistent with ongoing research and practice development in psychiatry. • Sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences, including awareness of their own and their patients. • Readiness and willingness to attend all seminars and supervisions @ greater than a 70% rate. • Readiness and willingness to comply with program’s criteria for numbers of cases, ages, gender, diagnostic grouping of patients. • Readiness and willingness to share personal reactions to patients with their supervisors, so as to develop increased clinical precision and to assure the presence of appropriate boundaries • Readiness and willingness to insure the quality of their work through use of one-way mirror, videotapes sequences, and directly witnessed sessions. • And, finally, a willingness to be trained in the core competencies without reservation or opposition.