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- Title:
- [Retired] Eating disorder training for medical students and foundation doctors
- Description:
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This training programme was developed in response to the 2017 PHSO investigation into avoidable deaths from eating disorders as outlined in recommendations from the report titled Ignoring the Alarms: How NHS Eating Disorder Services Are Failing Patients (PHSO, 2017). It is designed to ensure that all medical students and foundation doctors are trained to understand, identify and respond appropriately when faced with a patient with a possible eating disorder. It is the result of collaboration between eating disorder charity Beat, Health Education England and the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Faculty of Eating Disorders. Dedicated to the memory of Averil Hart and everyone else who has died unnecessarily from an eating disorder, it is our hope that this will be a significant step to ensuring that avoidable deaths from eating disorders are consigned to the past.
This training programme is designed to enable doctors to:
• Identify the major eating disorders and spot the early warning signs
• Understand the role of starvation in eating disorders and the effects on the brain
• Understand common challenges experienced by clinicians identifying people with eating disorders
• Identify the occurrence of eating disorders in patients who may present with other conditions
• Understand how to assess for an eating disorder
• Understand from sufferers of EDs, how they confronted their illness
• Recognise the official guidance and care pathways available
Module 1 is aimed at medical students, and is a necessary requirement before completing Module 2, aimed at foundation doctors. Both modules include a number of additional resources for those looking to further their understanding of eating disorders. - Hierarchy:
- Children and Young People with Mental Health Needs, Autism or Learning Disability > Mental Health > Common Mental Health Presentations > Eating Disorders > Further Resources > [Retired] Eating disorder training for medical students and foundation doctors
- Created:
- 23 Mar 2022
- Last Major Update:
- 23 Mar 2022
- Keywords:
- 458-001,458-002, BED, mental health, eating disorders, eating disorder, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, purging, over-exercising, weight loss, restriction, ARFID, OSFED, EDNOS
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- Title:
- [Retired] Eating disorder training for medical students and foundation doctors
- Description:
-
This training programme was developed in response to the 2017 PHSO investigation into avoidable deaths from eating disorders as outlined in recommendations from the report titled Ignoring the Alarms: How NHS Eating Disorder Services Are Failing Patients (PHSO, 2017). It is designed to ensure that all medical students and foundation doctors are trained to understand, identify and respond appropriately when faced with a patient with a possible eating disorder. It is the result of collaboration between eating disorder charity Beat, Health Education England and the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Faculty of Eating Disorders. Dedicated to the memory of Averil Hart and everyone else who has died unnecessarily from an eating disorder, it is our hope that this will be a significant step to ensuring that avoidable deaths from eating disorders are consigned to the past.
This training programme is designed to enable doctors to:
• Identify the major eating disorders and spot the early warning signs
• Understand the role of starvation in eating disorders and the effects on the brain
• Understand common challenges experienced by clinicians identifying people with eating disorders
• Identify the occurrence of eating disorders in patients who may present with other conditions
• Understand how to assess for an eating disorder
• Understand from sufferers of EDs, how they confronted their illness
• Recognise the official guidance and care pathways available
Module 1 is aimed at medical students, and is a necessary requirement before completing Module 2, aimed at foundation doctors. Both modules include a number of additional resources for those looking to further their understanding of eating disorders. - Hierarchy:
- Children and Young People with Mental Health Needs, Autism or Learning Disability > Mental Health > Common Mental Health Presentations > Eating Disorders > Further Resources > [Retired] Eating disorder training for medical students and foundation doctors
- Created:
- 23 Mar 2022
- Last Major Update:
- 23 Mar 2022
- Keywords:
- 458-001,458-002, BED, mental health, eating disorders, eating disorder, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, purging, over-exercising, weight loss, restriction, ARFID, OSFED, EDNOS