Wednesday, July 13
Case Conference: Change of Heart: Assessing Decision-Making Capacity in a Complex Case
Discussant: Nicholas Kontos MD, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship Director at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Moderator: David Fipps, DO, Senior Associate Consultant in CL, Transplant, and Bariatric Surgery Psychiatry at Mayo Clinic, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Description: Dr. Aydinian will present a clinical case that exemplifies the complexities underlying the assessment of decisional capacity. Dr. Kontos will serve as the expert discussant and provide a high yield and clinically relevant dialogue surrounding assessing decisional capacity. The case presentation and facilitated discussion will be followed by a live audience question and answer session moderated by Dr. Fipps. The case conference will provide trainees an opportunity to learn about C-L psychiatry and augment C-L education at their institutions. Attendees will learn how to succinctly present a case, observe C-L psychiatrists work through diagnostic challenges, and appreciate management dilemmas that arise in C-L psychiatry.
There is no cost, or CME credit.