F253. A FIDELITY TOOL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN EARLY PSYCHOSIS SYSTEM

Abstract

In the 2010 Australian Federal Budget funding was committed to establish an early psychosis service system based on the EPPIC model of early intervention for psychosis that was developed in Melbourne, Australia. This system was established by 2016. As part of the development of the system a fidelity scale was developed to measure the adherence to the model of the sites delivering the early psychosis services. The EPPIC Model Integrity Tool (EMIT) was developed as part of the national reforms around early psychosis. The EMIT is an 80 item assessment tool that maps onto the 16 core components of the EPPIC model. The tool is used by attending the sites and speaking with staff and young people a..