Year: 2016
Resolution Number: 37
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Taylor Boehler
Sponsor: Kathleen Duemling
On behalf of: Medical Student Section
Committee: E (Science and Education Affairs)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS supports the ongoing education of medical students and physicians on the importance of evaluating, assessing, and managing caregiver stress and burden using standardized screening tools to detect depressive symptoms within chronically stressed caregivers; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS advocate for policies that encourage the use of a standardized multi-system caregiver assessment tool to evaluate the physical and psychological strain placed on caregivers to be used during routine health care visits.
RESOLVED: That MSMS supports the ongoing education of medical students and physicians on the importance of evaluating, assessing, and managing caregiver stress and burden using standardized screening tools to detect depressive symptoms within chronically stressed caregivers; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS advocate for policies that encourage the use of a standardized multi-system caregiver assessment tool to evaluate the physical and psychological strain placed on caregivers to be used during routine health care visits.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Assessing Caregiver Stress and Burden
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