title: The problem-oriented medical record as a training tool for staff.
abstract: After numerous deficiencies were found in a psychiatric center's medical records, a task force devised a system that incorporated the four components of the problem-oriented medical record plus other elements required by the center's structure. They divided the record into ten sections and also developed a four-page form for recording the patient's assessment and treatment plan. Two-hour mandatory training sessions were held to teach all levels of mental health staff how to use the new system; various kinds of follow-up instruction were also given. That training, the authors say, was a valuable way to teach staff not only proper record-keeping but also clinical thinking and logical treatment planning.
mesh_terms: D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000592:standards*; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented / Q000592:standards*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education*