Table of contents
- Disclaimer
- Foreword
- Preface
- Terminology
- Part 1: Introduction
- Part 2: Planning mental health courses for GPs
- Part 3: Developing mental health courses for GPs
- Part 4: Applying for GPMHSC accreditation
- Part 5: After accreditation
- References
Part 2: Planning mental health courses for GPs
Introduction
Read this information carefully before planning your mental health courses for GPs.
GPs’ eligibility to provide mental health consultations
After completing an accredited skills training course, a GP is eligible to provide specific types of mental health consultations with consumers and claim relevant MBS items.
CPD and PDP hours for GPs
After successfully completing accredited mental health courses, GPs can also accrue RACGP CPD and/or ACRRM Professional Development Program (PDP) hours.
Types of mental health courses for GPs
There are two types of mental health courses for GPs that the GPMHSC accredits:
- Skills training courses
(Mental Health Skills Training and Focussed Psychological Strategies Skills Training) - CPD courses.
Skills training (ST) courses
There are two types of GPMHSC-accredited skills training courses:
- Level 1: Mental Health Skills Training (MHST)
- Level 2: Focussed Psychological Strategies Skills Training (FPS ST).
CPD courses
There are two types of GPMHSC-accredited CPD:
- Mental Health CPD (MH CPD)
- Focussed Psychological Strategies CPD (FPS CPD).
- run for a minimum of six hours
- include predisposing and reinforcing components (work completed before and after the course delivery)
- include involvement from carer and consumer representatives.
Trauma informed care
Developing your activities from a trauma informed lens- GPMHSC-accredited activities should be developed through a trauma-informed care lens to ensure training environments and content are safe, supportive, and respectful for all participants, including those with lived experience of trauma. This involves embedding the TIC principles into program design and delivery:
- Safety
- Trustworthiness
- Choice
- Collaboration and
- Empowerment