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Rubric for Mental Status Examination

Please use this rubric to help guide the completion of your Mental Status Examination (MSE) assignment.

Rubric Code: X253W33

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Subject: Psychology

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Graduate

Mental Status Examination
	Poor 6 pts	Fair 9 pts	Good 12 pts	Excellent 15 pts
Attention to components of a MSE	Poor Student did not adequately address the main components of a mental status examination.	Fair Student did a fair job of addressing the main components of a mental status examination.	Good Student did a good job of addressing the main components of a mental status examination.	Excellent Student did an excellent job of addressing the main components of a mental status examination.
Use of clinical terminnology	Poor Student did a poor job of incorporating appropriate clinical terminology in the body of the MSE.	Fair Student did a fair job of incorporating appropriate clinical terminology in the body of the MSE.	Good Student did a good job of incorporating appropriate clinical terminology in the body of the MSE.	Excellent Student did an excellent job of incorporating appropriate clinical terminology in the body of the MSE.
Adherence to MSE content	Poor Lack of development, poor transitions between sections, lacking detailed, relevant information, or omits necessary content.	Fair May present overly short sections lacking in detailed information, have undeveloped material, or contain unrelated material.	Good May lack development; may stray to other topics within report sections; generally provides clear transitions between each section.	Excellent Develops a single topic in each report section: biopsychosocial, MSE, functional analysis; provides a logical sequence for report content; transitions develop connections between sections; paragraphs are not overly long or brief.
Professional writing style	Poor Contains significant errors that detract from understanding or compromise report writer’s credibility.	Fair Generally adheres to standard rules but includes three or more errors; APA errors in references.	Good Generally adheres to standard rules but includes 2-3 errors; APA errors in references.	Excellent Adheres to APA writing guidelines in use of grammar, usage, mechanics, punctuation, and spelling; may include no more than two minor errors.
Overall presentation of MSE	Poor The overall presentation of the MSE is considered poor-- i.e., it was too brief, included grammatical errors, poor sentence structure, etc.	Fair The overall presentation of the MSE is considered fair-- i.e., it was somewhat brief, included some grammatical errors, fair sentence structure, etc.	Good The overall presentation of the MSE is considered good-- i.e., it was not too brief, included minimal or no grammatical errors, had good sentence structure, etc.	Excellent The overall presentation of the MSE is considered excellent-- i.e., it included no grammatical errors, had excellent sentence structure, etc.

Subjects:

Psychology

Types:

Writing

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