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Clinical Exam Strategy and Core Competencies
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Clinical Exam Strategy and Core Competencies
Clinical Exam Strategy and Core Competencies
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1
Question
What defines a correct response on this client-centered exam?
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Any answer that supports clients in accordance with the profession through self-determination, cultural competency, and meeting them where they are.
2
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What three things does the profession always protect?
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Confidentiality, the client's best interest, and the therapeutic relationship.
3
Question
Under what circumstances do supervisors provide support in the exam context?
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When clinicians do not know what to do, are not doing what they should, or need tools and resources to be the best clinicians.
4
Question
Who serves as the client to supervisors in the exam world?
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Clinicians.
5
Question
What are the primary functions of administrators and directors in the exam world?
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Overseeing the agency through policies and procedures, structural or systemic change, and forming committees or task forces.
6
Question
Who is the client to the director or administrator in the exam context?
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The agency.
7
Question
In what three areas should one be proficient for the exam?
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Knowledge base, clinical and critical thinking, and understanding of exam language.
8
Question
What warning is given about language and reasoning on the exam?
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Beware of absolutes and assumptions at large.
9
Question
What takes priority first in any scenario with potential safety or medical issues?
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Medical and safety concerns always come first if there is a safety concern or significant medical concern.
10
Question
What actions follow identifying a safety or medical concern on the exam?
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Explore, assess, determine, and collect or gather information.
11
Question
How should one respond to a client's feelings in a safety or medical concern scenario?
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Acknowledge, validate, and or address the client's feelings.
12
Question
What rule applies to information or concerns originating from the client?
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If it comes from the client, it must be addressed in the response.
13
Question
How is the most important or primary step characterized in exam scenarios?
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Think about how maybe one of these must happen for anything else to occur.
14
Question
When does a next step actually function as a first step in a scenario?
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If you have not done anything yet in the scenario, then this is a first disguised as a next.
15
Question
What should you do when a next step is indicated after initial actions?
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Determine what is the next step in that process.
16
Question
How should conflicts, disagreements, or concerns regarding a colleague be handled?
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Always address it with that person first.
17
Question
What approach is used for best, most appropriate, or most likely options?
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Look for a word association—think matchy-matchy with certain words or phrases often paired.
18
Question
How do the roles of supervisors differ from those of administrators in the exam world?
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Supervisors support clinicians directly with guidance and resources; administrators oversee the agency through policies, systemic change, and committees.
19
Question
Why must safety or medical concerns always precede other actions in scenarios?
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They represent immediate risks that require prioritization to protect the client.
20
Question
What common word pairs are frequently matched in exam questions?
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Drugs and addiction, dissociative episodes and trauma, abuse and trauma, ecomap and systems, systems and framework, mania and bipolar.
21
Question
What does most likely often indicate in addition to word matching?
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The most obvious answer.
22
Question
What should you focus on when encountering consider or considering in a question?
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Pay close attention to what comes directly after that word.
23
Question
What are the five stages of the helping process favored by the exam?
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1. Assess, 2. Engagement, 3. Treatment planning, 4. Intervention/Evaluation, 5. Termination.
24
Question
What do goals and objectives represent in the treatment planning stage?
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MATs.
25
Question
What are the five stages of program design emphasized on the exam?
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1. Identify need and target population, 2. Research, 3. Select and implement, 4. Pilot, 5. Analyze data and make a determination.
26
Question
Under what conditions is referral to support groups appropriate on the exam?
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We do not refer clients to support groups as that is not a clinical setting.
27
Question
When may referral to another professional or clinical setting occur?
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Occasionally due to dual relationships, need for different level of treatment, or need for psychiatrist, psychologist, or other specialty.
28
Question
What justifies referring a client to another professional on the exam?
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Only if it is in the best interest of the client.
29
Question
What condition is typically associated with SSRIs?
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Depression; look for TINE or LINE at the end of a generic SSRI.
30
Question
What condition is typically associated with benzodiazepines?
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Anxiety; look for PRAM or PAM at the end of a generic benzo.