TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary Care Behavioral Health Provider Training
T2 - Systematic Development and Implementation in a Large Medical System
AU - Dobmeyer, Anne C.
AU - Hunter, Christopher L.
AU - Corso, Meghan L.
AU - Nielsen, Matthew K.
AU - Corso, Kent A.
AU - Polizzi, Nicholas C.
AU - Earles, Jay E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York (outside the USA).
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - The expansion of integrated, collaborative, behavioral health services in primary care requires a trained behavioral health workforce with specific competencies to deliver effective, evidence-informed, team-based care. Most behavioral health providers do not have training or experience working as primary care behavioral health consultants (BHCs), and require structured training to function effectively in this role. This article discusses one such training program developed to meet the needs of a large healthcare system initiating widespread implementation of the primary care behavioral health model of service delivery. It details the Department of Defense’s experience in developing its extensive BHC training program, including challenges of addressing personnel selection and hiring issues, selecting a model for training, developing and implementing a phased training curriculum, and improving the training over time to address identified gaps. Future directions for training improvements and lessons learned in a large healthcare system are discussed.
AB - The expansion of integrated, collaborative, behavioral health services in primary care requires a trained behavioral health workforce with specific competencies to deliver effective, evidence-informed, team-based care. Most behavioral health providers do not have training or experience working as primary care behavioral health consultants (BHCs), and require structured training to function effectively in this role. This article discusses one such training program developed to meet the needs of a large healthcare system initiating widespread implementation of the primary care behavioral health model of service delivery. It details the Department of Defense’s experience in developing its extensive BHC training program, including challenges of addressing personnel selection and hiring issues, selecting a model for training, developing and implementing a phased training curriculum, and improving the training over time to address identified gaps. Future directions for training improvements and lessons learned in a large healthcare system are discussed.
KW - Collaborative primary care
KW - Integrated primary care
KW - Mental health
KW - Primary care behavioral health
KW - Training
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U2 - 10.1007/s10880-016-9464-9
DO - 10.1007/s10880-016-9464-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 27484777
AN - SCOPUS:84982862092
SN - 1068-9583
VL - 23
SP - 207
EP - 224
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
IS - 3
ER -