Author Archives: Joseph Thornton MD

Dementia Assessment and Plan

Dementia RX Plan   History and  Assessment   Current  Exam Status and   Staging and Planning Personal HX Not MR, No Development Delay Estimate level of function for most of adult life   Cognitive MOCA or MMSE plus Clock Drawing Family Planning         Barthel  ADL   index Advance directives   Decline Describe anyContinue reading “Dementia Assessment and Plan”

Note to Psychiatry Residents on evaluation process for Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic 2021 -2022

Evaluations are an integral part of evidence-based medicine. Historically, meaningful feedback has been difficult for physicians. Our task is to make the process more like coaching as we would to improve performance in sports. In this note I make some general comments about ratings. Ratings can be based on an absolute benchmark (ie types 50Continue reading “Note to Psychiatry Residents on evaluation process for Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic 2021 -2022”