Enabling mental health task-sharing: a collective case study of undergraduate clinical associate training programmes in South Africa

Table 3 Competencies and skills covered as per documents reviewed and interviews conducted

	University A		University B		University C
	Documents	Interviews	Documents	Interviews	Documents	Interviews
Competencies
Mental health history	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Mental status examination	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Mini-mental state examination	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Physical examination	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Relevant bedside and laboratory investigations	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Psychosocial or three-stage assessment	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Diagnosis	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Pharmacological management	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Counselling	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Suicide risk assessment*	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mental Health Care Act	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
72-hour observation	X	✔	X	✔	X	✔
Referral	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Restraint	✔	✔	X	✔	X	X
Sedation	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	X
Mental health promotion	✔	✔	✔	X	✔	X
Skills
Communication	✔	✔	X	X	✔	✔
Information gathering (research)	X	X	✔	✔	✔	X
Patient notes and letters	✔	X	X	X	✔	✔
Teamwork	✔	✔	X	X	✔	X

* suicide risk assessment is included here as it was mentioned by a couple of participants as being important but there was no evidence that it was being covered

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