Micro-Credentials

What is a Micro-Credential?

A micro-credential is a short and focused program which teaches skills and competencies to fill gaps in knowledge. Micro-credentials help to retain or build new skills to find new employment or fill community needs. Once the college validates that the student has obtained the specific skill/competency, the student will walk away with an official university-level digital credential that can be added to resumes, LinkedIn profiles, or shared with employers directly.

Management of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Adults: Clinical Update

Program Overview

The University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing micro-credential, Management of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Adults: Clinical Update, offers learners the ability to update their knowledge and skills in the care and treatment of individuals living with MDD.

Based on the newest Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines, this micro-credential equips learners to assess/diagnose, collaborate with the client and other members of the healthcare team to develop an individualized evidence informed treatment plan, and monitor treatment response/outcomes for individuals living with uncomplicated and complex MDD.

Topics of study include:

  • A review of the pathophysiology of MDD
  • Trauma-informed assessment/diagnosis
  • Measurement-based care
  • Optimizing nonpharmacologic and pharmacotherapy treatment of uncomplicated and complex presentations of MDD, and
  • The importance of both symptomatic and functional remission.

Learners who submit all assignments and demonstrate competence in each learning outcome will finish with a digital badge stating they completed the course.

Program Delivery

This course is offered asynchronously online over five weeks.

To learn more about USask Micro-credentials, please visit the frequently asked question section on the Continuing Education website.

Once you add the course to your cart and proceed to check out, you will be asked to:

  • Login with your existing NSID and password and then you can check out, OR
  • If you do not have an NSID and password, you will be asked to create them and then you can check out. Do not be alarmed that you will be asked to enter some of the same information twice; this is how the system is set up.

If you have questions about the course, please contact: Dr. Solina Richter.