Primary Mental Health Competencies for Palliative Medicine Physicians: A Consensus-Prioritized List

1. List 5 mental health competencies in which they already have expertise.2. Identify 2 potential sources for further learning when a physician has a relative lack of expertise in a mental health competency (i.e. a licensed clinical social worker on their existing clinical team, journal articles in the palliative medicine or mental health literature, a consult-liaison psychiatrist with shared patient populations, etc).

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Lisa Podgurski, Keri O. Brenner, Danielle Chammas, Neha Goyal, Maria Lapid, Sue E. Morris, William F. Pirl, Leah B. Rosenberg, Bridget Sumser, Ben Thompson, Daniel Shalev Source Type: research