Due Date:
Points: 100
Overview:
Choose two psychiatrists and PCP’s in your area to fact find how long it will take to get
an appointment if you are reporting symptoms of anxiety and sadness.
Instructions:
• Find two psychiatrists (or psychiatric APRNs) in your area to fact find.
• Call your PCP (if you don’t have one, ask a friend or family member to call
theirs).
• Call each provider and document how long it took for someone to call you back.
o If psychiatrists are accepting new patients, when is their first available
appointment?
o Find out how soon your PCP can get you in for an appointment.
o Do they accept your insurance; if not, what is the out of pocket costs? Do
they require you to be in therapy in order to prescribe medication?
• Given the information you have, which option do you choose and why?
o Weigh the pros and cons of wait time, cost, and scope of practice.
Do not pretend to be a patient; simply ask these questions as if you’re looking for
answers before you decide to see a psychiatrist or a PCP.
Requirements:
• 1-2 pages in length, excluding the Title and Reference page.
• APA format, including an in-text citation for referenced works.
• No scholarly references needed.
Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write
and again after you write.
HSV303: Intro to Counseling
Unit 5 Assignment: Psychiatric Medication: Psychiatrists or Primary Care Physicians
Evaluation Rubric for Unit 5 Assignment
CRITERIA Deficient Needs
Improvement
Proficient Exemplary
0-14
Points
15-19 Points 20-22 Points 23-
25 Points
PCP Fact Finding Questions
inadequately
addressed with
little evidence
of fact finding.
Questions
addressed with
minimal details.
Most questions
addressed in detail.
Questions
addressed in
detail with
evidence of
sufficient fact
finding.
Psychiatrist Fact
Finding
Questions
inadequately
addressed with
little evidence
of fact finding.
Questions
addressed with
minimal details and
little to no evidence
of fact finding.
Most questions
addressed in detail
with evidence of fact
finding.
Questions
addressed in
detail with
sufficient
evidence of
fact finding.
Pros and Cons Pros and Cons
inadequately
addressed.
Pros and Cons
addressed with
minimal details.
Pros and Cons
mostly addressed.
Pros and Cons
addressed in
detail.
0 Points n/a n/a 15 Points
Paper Length Less than 1
pages, more
than 2
Between 1 and
2 pages
Mechanics 0-5 Points 6-7 Points 8-9 Points 10 Points
Spelling; grammar;
use of APA style
Serious
grammar,
spelling, or
APA errors.
Many
grammar,
spelling, or APA
errors.
Few
grammar,
spelling, or APA
errors.
No
grammar,
spelling, or
APA
errors.
