186119 - Module 1: Introduction to e-Mental Health

In this module, you’ll learn the answers to common questions about e-Mental health including, what it is, evidence supporting its use, what’s available, and how to incorporate it into your practice.

Relevance to General Practice

The content in this module addresses the following areas in the RACGP 2016 Curriculum:
• CS2.1.1.1b - Incorporate patient treatment and management preferences when appropriate;
• CS2.1.1.4b - Implement effective strategies to manage patient needs and expectations that cannot be met;
• CS2.1.2.1b - Identify and manage factors that are barriers to, and those that promote, continuity of care; and
• CS2.3.2.1a - Opportunities for innovation in general practice

Learning outcomes

• Recognise what constitutes eMH
• Recall the history of eMH in Australia
• Demonstrate confidence in the evidence base for eMH solutions
• Identify and reiterate the difference between eMH resources and programs available
• Identify areas where eMH programs can fit into existing general practice work streams
• Domains of General Practice

  D1. Communication skills and the patient-doctor relationship

  D2. Applied professional knowledge and skills

  D3. Population health and the context of general practice

  D4. Professional and ethical role

  D5. Organisational and legal dimensions

  Curriculum Contextual Units
  • Psychological health
  Activity sponsor

  eMental Health in Practice