Assignment 1: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs PRAC 6665
Assignment 1: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs PRAC 6665
Assignment 1: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs
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Clinical Hour Log
For this course, all practicum activity hours are logged within the Meditrek system. Hours
completed must be logged in Meditrek within 48 hours of completion in order to be
counted.
You may only log hours with Preceptors that are approved in Meditrek. Students with
catalog years before Spring 2018 must complete a minimum of 576 hours of supervised
clinical experience (144 hours in each practicum course). Students with catalog years
beginning Spring 2018 must complete a minimum of 640 hours of supervised clinical
experience (160 hours in each practicum course).
Each log entry must be linked with an individual practicum Learning Objective or a
graduate Program Objective. You should track your hours in Meditrek as they are
completed.
Your clinical hour log must include the following:
Dates
Course
Clinical Faculty
Preceptor
Total Time (i.e., for the day)
Notes/Comments (including the objective to which the log entry is aligned)
Patient Log
Throughout this course, you will also keep a log of patient encounters using Meditrek. You
must record at least 80 encounters with patients by the end of this practicum (40
children/adolescents and 40 adult/older adult).
The patient log must include the following:
Date
Course
Clinical Faculty
Preceptor
Patient Number
Client Information
Visit Information
Practice Management
Diagnosis
Treatment Plan and Notes: You must include a brief summary/synopsis of the
patient visit. This does not need to be a SOAP note, however the note needs to be
sufficient to remember your patient encounter.
By Day 7 of Week 2
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek.
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Learning Resources
Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (n.d.). Toolbox of forms.
Retrieved November 18, 2020, from
https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Member_Resources/AACAP_Toolbox_for_Clinical_Practi
ce_and_Outcomes/Forms.aspx
American Geriatrics Society 2019 Beers Criteria Update Expert Panel. (2019). American
Geriatrics Society 2019 updated AGS Beers Criteria for potentially inappropriate
medication use in older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(4), 674–694.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15767
Carlat, D. J. (2017). The psychiatric interview (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Section I. General Principles of Effective Interviewing (Chapters 1–13)
Section III. Interviewing for Diagnosis: The Psychiatric Review of Symptoms
(Chapters 19–22)
Appendixes A–C
Meditrek
https://edu.meditrek.com/Default.html
Note: Use this link to log into Meditrek to report your clinical hours and
patient encounters.
Pumariega, A. J., Rothe, E., Mian, A., Carlisle, L., Toppelberg, C., Harris, T., Gogineni, R.
R., Webb, S., Smith, J., & American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Committee on Quality Issues. (2013). Practice parameter for cultural competence in child
and adolescent psychiatric practice. Journal of the American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(10), 1101–1115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2013.06.019
Walden University Academic Skills Center. (2017). Developing SMART goals.
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=51901492
Document: Practicum Experience Plan Template (Word document)
Reminder: Introductory Communication
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This week, you must coordinate an introductory email with your Clinical Faculty and
Preceptor. The purpose of this communication is for orientation and onboarding, goals
discussion, and questions.
By Day 7 of Week 2
Complete your orientation email. Attach your clinical schedule calendar developed in
Week 1 in your email. Include a summary of your goals and objectives for this practicum
experience.