IMPARTS courses
IMPARTS 5-day course: Mental health skills for non-mental health professionals
The IMPARTS course ‘Mental health skills for non-mental health professionals’ is a short, popular module for clinicians working in the hospital and other physical healthcare settings. Teaching from highly experienced mental health professionals provides insight and tools for recognising the most common mental health problems encountered in the workplace. Teaching includes role play scenarios with specialist actors who have been part of the course since it bagan. Importantly, classes are also a unique opportunity to confidentially share professional experience and expertise with peers.
This Mental Health Skills course is CPD certified and offered as a Level 7 module for those interested obtaining 15 credits towards an MSc.
What does this course offer?
Each class focuses on key mental health presentations seen in physical healthcare settings. Each of the five taught days has a different clinical theme:
- Patients with persistent physical symptoms + introduction to FND
- Communication skills for handling conflict + case discussions
- Depressed, anxious patients + suicidal ideation
- Substance dependent patients + trauma informed care
- Confused and agitated patients + recognising Delirium
Students will become familiar with common presentations, assessment tools, basic management strategies and ethical issues related to each clinical theme. No prior knowledge of mental health care is assumed.
Learning outcomes
- To demonstrate an understanding of the range of mental health problems affecting people in the general hospital setting
- Effectively use relevant tools and approaches to identify and assess common mental health problems
- To acquire consultation skills that help facilitate management of common mental health problems
Who is eligible to apply?
We accept applications from everyone who has regular contact with patients in hospital and healthcare settings.
Previous students include:
Medicine Trainees, Clinical Site Managers, Heads of Nursing, Midwives, Health Advisers, Paramedics, Dental Nurses, Ward Managers, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Matrons, Healthcare Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and many others
Course fees
The fees are £1200 for the five week course or £300 per class.
This includes up to date resources and supporting materials compiled by the course tutors that can be accessed anytime.
Students also receive a certificate of completion that is CPD certified.
How to apply
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IMPARTS 3-week course
Integrating Care: Depression, Anxiety and Physical Illness
Whether you work in healthcare, or you are a patient or carer, this free online course is designed to help you understand the connection between physical and mental health, and improve your ability to identify symptoms and sources of help.
Through tasks, quizzes, patient statements and dramatised accounts, you will look in depth at the relationship between physical illness, common health problems and thinking patterns. Concise, easy to use learning tools help improve your ability to recognise problematic mental health symptoms and sources for further support.
For around 2 hours over 3 weeks you can learn about:
- The mind and body link and why it matters
- The impact of depression and anxiety on health and quality of life
- Approaches to integrating mental and physical healthcare
- Communication skills to overcome barriers to talking about distress in illness
- Challenges to identifying depression and anxiety in people with a physical illness
- Assessment and management of suicide risk
- Self-care techniques and sources of support for depression and anxiety
- Treatment options, including talking therapies and medication
The course is CPD accredited. You can buy a certificate to provide evidence for your continuing professional development.
Future Learn hosts this course in collaboration with KCL and King’s Health Partners.
To register now, visit the Future Learn website.