Practice case
Area 1 · Initial assessmentRead the scenario, then work each section as you would on the exam. When you check a section you see every option's weight and reasoning. A mock exam shows nothing until the end.
Scenario
CorazonHospice palliative care program, Gravenhurst
You are a Registered Psychotherapist with a hospice palliative care program in Gravenhurst. Corazon Villanueva, 70, a retired nurse born in the Philippines, has advanced pancreatic cancer and lives with her daughter Marisa. Her palliative physician referred her for 'low mood'.
In your first meeting she says, 'I've asked my doctor about MAID. Marisa says you're here to find me depressed, so they'll say no. Are you?'
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About this case
A clinical simulation in the format of the CRPO Registration Examination: 7 sections, 3 Information Gathering and 4 Decision Making, about 18 minutes. Each section unfolds what happens next; every selection is final, and every option is weighted from +3 to -3, as on the exam.
Exam blueprint
It also draws on Area 3 (Therapeutic relationship) and Area 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 4.6Refer client
- 1.1Integrate a theory of human psychological functioning
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 3.1Confidentiality
- Standard 3.3Communicating Client Care
New to the format? How the exam works explains the sections and the scoring. What the lab covers maps every standard and competency to its cases.