Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

For this assignment, you are going to develop a plan for continuing education in psychopharmacology. The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with continuing education materials and to begin developing habits that will keep your psychopharmacology skills and knowledge up to date.

Familiarize yourself with various learning resources and continuing education opportunities including but not limited to reference books, clinical journals, newsletters, professional organizations, conferences, CME events, local psychiatry grand rounds, psychiatry podcasts (several universities podcast their grand rounds).

  • Identify the resources that you find most useful. What do you like about them?
  • Which resources are appropriate for use on a routine basis for point of care clinical information?
  • Which resources are helpful for staying current with emerging information in psychopharmacology?
  • Which resources are useful for in depth learning on topics of interest?
  • What is the feasibility of these resources in terms of cost, time and travel?
  • Develop a continuing education plan. This is your commitment to independent learning. Identify the actions that you plan to take: