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Performance in Practice: Sample Tools for the Care of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

Correspondence: Address correspondence to: Laura J. Fochtmann, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, HSC-T10, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8101, laura.fochtmann{at}stonybrook.edu.

To facilitate continued clinical competence, the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology are implementing multi-faceted Maintenance of Certification programs, which include requirements for self-assessments of practice. Because psychiatrists may want to gain experience with self-assessment, two sample performance-in-practice tools are presented that are based on recommendations of the American Psychiatric Association's Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder. One of these sample tools provides a traditional chart review approach to assessing care; the other sample tool presents a novel approach to real-time evaluation of practice. Both tools can be used as a foundation for subsequent performance improvement initiatives that are aimed at enhancing outcomes for patients with major depressive disorder.

CME Disclosure

Laura J. Fochtmann, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Practice Guidelines Medical Editor, American Psychiatric Association

Robert Kunkle, M.A., and Robert M. Plovnick, M.D., M.S., Department of Quality Improvement and Psychiatric Services, American Psychiatric Association, 1000 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1825, Arlington, VA 22209-3901

Farifteh F. Duffy, Ph.D., and Joyce C. West, Ph.D., M.P.P., American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, 1000 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1825, Arlington, Virginia, 22209

No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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