Exam Preview for 164: Providing Psychosocial Care within a Multidis

Providing Psychosocial Care within a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Hospital Setting

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1. Which of the following are ways in which mental health professionals can educate other multidisciplinary team members? Gathering and providing information about the broader family context and barriers to care. Helping medical providers understand the intersectionality between mental and physical health. Raising awareness about cultural humility and cultural competence. All of the above
2. Beyond working with families, which of the following is also a critical component of providing care within pediatric hospital settings? Ensuring that the medical diagnosis is correct Educating the medical team providers on the role of social work and mental health services Making sure the family comes back for follow up appointments Cleaning the rooms after a visit
3. Which of the following would NOT be considered a potential role for mental health professionals within a hospital setting? Enforcing adherence to medical safety protocols Serving the families from a broad, holistic patient-centered model Educating providers and providing support in challenging patients Advocating for change and equity within the health system
4. Which “abilities” are central to integrating care into medical settings? Rationality and flexibility Concrete knowledge and availability of billing Flexibility and knowledge of billing Availability and flexibility
5. When developing an “elevator pitch” to explain your services, which one of the following is NOT a group we should be ready to address? The patients The medical providers The investors The bank/administrators
6. What are the benefits of teaching medical professionals about the role of social work and mental health services? Improving efficiency in referrals Smoothing out introduction of social work services Reducing inappropriate referrals All of the above
7. Which of the following about multicultural identity is true? Race and ethnicity do not influence how patients and families experience care There are significant disparities in how White vs Families of Color receive treatment Gender should not be considered an important factor in care There is no intersectionality between racial identity and illness/disability
8. Social work and Psychology… Should be closely linked and work together to provide holistic psychosocial care Should never meet with patients together Should split up all hospital needs to one department or the other Do not need to communicate to manage appropriate care
9. Which should NOT be considered part of multicultural identity? Race and ethnicity Education status Color shirt the individual is wearing Citizenship status
10. What is true about the role of mental health workers and cultural humility? We are often the most educated and well-informed individuals on the team, and should feel obligated to raise awareness We do not need to discuss cultural humility, others obviously have been trained in this Cultural humility is not relevant to patient-centered care Medical teams are always actively considering cultural humility in every single encounter