Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners.

This episode covers the psychiatric case presentation with Dr. Justin Delwo, a staff psychiatrist at Toronto Western Hospital where he works in the emergency department and urgent care settings.

The learning objectives for this episode are as follows:

1. What is the goal of a psychiatric case presentation?
2. What are some ground rules for a case presentation?
3. What are the key sections of a case presentation and what should you include under each? 
4. How can you tailor your case presentation to the setting

Guest: Dr. Justin Delwo

Hosts: Dr. Matt Cho (PGY1), Dr. Daamoon Ghahari (PGY2), and Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)

Audio editing: Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)

Episode evaluation: Shelly Palchik (MS4)

Time Stamps:

(1:50) - Goals of a case presentation

(4:49) - Ground rules for presenting

(7:56) - General overview

(19:44) - Identifying Data

(23:16) - Chief complaint and reason for referral

(25:42) - History of presenting illness

(38:38) - Review of systems

(42:16) - Safety

(49:42) - Past psychiatric history

(53:54) - Medications

(55:55) - Past medical history

(59:14) - Allergies

(1:00:13) - Family psychiatric history

(1:02:07) - Personal history

(1:06:23) -  Mental status exam

(1:09:45) - Impression

(1:14:20) - Plan

(1:18:43) - Tailoring to different settings

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