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Mental Health
Suicide: Facing the Difficult Topic Together – Empowering Physicians, Instilling Hope in Patients (2018) – Mainpro+
DURATION
2 hr
PROFESSION
Physician
# OF CREDITS
2
ACCREDITATION
Mainpro+
EXPIRY DATE
2019-08-20
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Evaluate the level of risk for suicide and determine how best to intervene.
- Understand the prevalence of, and which groups are at high-risk for suicide in Canada.
- Build trust with your patient and gain the confidence needed to have a conversation with a patient about suicide.
- Understand some of the tools and resources available to support the identification of the risk of suicide among your patients, and how to better offer that follow-up support.
- Understand the responsibility of a family physician when addressing the concern of suicide and how to have conversations about suicide with patients.
Cost of course:
Free