Using entrustable professional activities to guide curriculum development in psychiatry training

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Proportion of participants that rated the activity as mandatory prior to progressing to the next stage of training.

Activity	*Number of responses*	Proportion endorsing
Initiating treatment with
Antipsychotic	476	0.82
Antidepressant	473	0.80
Mood stabilizer	473	0.75
CBT	473	0.23
Brief psychotherapy	471	0.27
Long-term psychotherapy	473	0.13
Discharging a patient from hospital suffering from
Schizophrenia	476	0.73
Bipolar disorder	476	0.72
An adjustment disorder	476	0.61
Crisis admission following self-harm	475	0.70
Conduct a family education session for
Schizophrenia	476	0.42
Bipolar disorder	476	0.41
Depression	471	0.41
Admitting a patient without supervision	457	0.56
Conduct a risk assessment	458	0.82
Carry out crisis assessment and handover report to duty consultant	456	0.77
Acute assessment and immediate management of psychiatric emergencies	455	0.77
Perform appropriate lab investigations to exclude medical complications	459	0.69
Perform a neurological exam	456	0.52
Formulate a clinical case	457	0.62
Non-pharmacological management of a patient with personality disorder	457	0.19
Design a biopsychosocial care plan	457	0.52
Complete a discharge summary (without supervision)	457	0.63
Facilitate a follow-up appointment at a community clinic	457	0.58
Consent a patient for ECT	457	0.51
Perform ECT	457	0.31
Acute sedation of a patient	457	0.66
Initiate a brief substance misuse intervention	457	0.29
Non-pharmacological management of an anxiety disorder	457	0.36
Pharmacological management of an anxiety disorder	457	0.30

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