Mental Health Emergencies Approach Course in the Hospital Setting 2024 (registration closed)

Mode

Hybrid: In-person-online, with asynchronous online activities. THIS COURSE CAN BE DONE REMOTELY FOR PEOPLE WHO COME TO
MORE THAN 50 KM FROM THE CITY OF MENDOZA

Certification

With evaluation

Recipients

Doctors, advanced medical students, professionals and advanced students of degree courses in psychology, nursing, and social work

Duration in clock hours and weeks

100 total clock hours
Theoretical face-to-face practices: 30 hours / 3 hours per week – 10 meetings
Internships: 24 hours/ 6 hours per week (optional)
Self-managed study time: 46 hours

Basis

This proposal is consistent with the community-based care model and respectful of the rights of people with the condition.
mental health, established by National Law No. 26.657 on the Right to the Protection of Mental Health and its regulatory decree. As well as with the
international commitments of the Argentine state in matters of human rights. These regulatory frameworks establish that the care of people with
mental illness must be carried out within the framework of the General Hospital.
Given the progress in mental health problems, also considering the post-pandemic context, an increase in demand can be seen that
consultation for mental health conditions in hospital wards. That is why it is imperative for every health professional who works in
external guards of general hospitals training in the care of people with mental illnesses.
This context drives us to rethink the practices, devices and interventions in Mental Health in order to guarantee the rights of the
users and promote the importance of comprehensive access to health. All of this requires interdisciplinary and intersectoral work taking into account the
complexity of situations as well as the very complexity of the subjective constitution.
In this sense, doctors and health personnel on general duty must be prepared to provide the first attention in boardings, and work in
team for resolving mental health emergencies, together with specialized personnel. In order to reinforce these competencies and train health personnel
In accordance with these principles and comprehensive health care, it is proposed to open the first course on addressing emergencies in mental health in the area
hospital of the Province of Mendoza.
The program condenses useful and updated content on mental health emergencies, in an operational and accessible way. The tools
The proposals have a flexible and contextualized nature that allows the recommendations and different guidelines to be adapted to the environmental conditions.
daily guard work.

The mental health approach in the emergency should be carried out by an interdisciplinary team with training in Mental Health (doctors, psychologists,
social workers, nurses, related disciplines). Having this team in hospital wards contributes to a comprehensive approach to health and
improves accessibility conditions for users experiencing a mental health emergency.

Programme

Specific objectives

● Promote the acquisition of knowledge and useful practices based on professional ethics in emergency mental health situations.
● Promote the acquisition of knowledge to resolve different mental health emergencies in their first approach.
● Promote the acquisition of practical skills at the time of the interview, first approaches and psychopharmacological treatment in emergencies
mental health
● Promote the development of skills for the rational management of mental health resources.
● Promote the development of skills for the assembly and maintenance of mental health care devices.

Minimum attendance required and evaluation modality

The face-to-face theoretical-practical classes are biweekly and the minimum attendance required is 80%. For the internship you need to accumulate 100% of
the hours required in the total period of the seminar. This activity is coordinated with teachers according to the availability of the Hospital.
In the event that the student lives more than 100 km away from the campus, they may attend one of the two monthly meetings online-synchronously. The
Dates of possible online meetings will be defined by teachers.
The evaluation will consist of a theoretical exam with questions to be developed (50% of the final grade), and a brief monographic writing that articulates
theoretical and practical concepts of the experience carried out in the internship (50% of the final grade).

Admission requirements

● Doctors of any specialty, graduate in psychology, graduate in social work, graduate in nursing
● Medicine or psychology students studying the last year of the degree course.
● Related professions: the same conditions.

Contact

Reports: 261 4202017 internal 107 (from 14 to 4 p.m)

postgraduate.medicas@um.edu.ar