Psych CASC / OSCE · Public and community psychiatry — collaborative care and primary care
Explain collaborative care to a GP practice team — CASC communication station
MRCPsych/FRANZCP-style communication station: explain CoCM principles, roles, measurement-based care, evidence highlights, and escalation, in plain professional language.
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Prompt
A GP practice manager and two GPs ask the psychiatry registrar to explain collaborative care, how it differs from their current co-located counsellor, what PHQ-9 follow-up means, and how psychiatric caseload review works.
Station brief
Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes. You are the psychiatry registrar invited to the practice clinical meeting. [1]
Candidate instructions. Explain collaborative care versus co-location, the three roles, measurement with PHQ-9, caseload review, evidence in plain terms (IMPACT/Cochrane/TEAMcare), and when patients still need crisis or specialty care. Check understanding and agree next steps. [1][2][3]
References4ShowHide
- [1]Unützer J, Katon W, Callahan CM, et al. Collaborative care management of late-life depression in the primary care setting: a randomized controlled trial JAMA, 2002.PMID 12472325
- [2]Archer J, Bower P, Gilbody S, et al. Collaborative care for depression and anxiety problems Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2012.PMID 23076925
- [3]Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure J Gen Intern Med, 2001.PMID 11556941
- [4]Katon WJ, Lin EH, Von Korff M, et al. Collaborative care for patients with depression and chronic illnesses N Engl J Med, 2010.PMID 21190455