National Psychology Training Consortium

Course Description and Target Audience

This daylong presentation will consist of didactics and discussion. The first didactics section will be a high-level review of the rationale for integrated primary care. The second will review integrated care approaches, including specific features of the PCBH model. The third didactic section will discuss keys to success in the PCBH model (and key practices to avoid). The final didactics section will review the team-based aspect of the PCBH model, including various examples of team-based care. The discussion section will involve small-group discussion followed by discussion together as a whole group. Each small group will discuss how to respond to common implementation challenges and misconceptions of PCBH, then will bring their responses to a whole group discussion. The target audience for this presentation is mental health professionals who work as part of the primary care team implementing the PCBH model.

The presentation will combine theoretical and practical information to help attendees understand and implement the PCBH model. Information will mix the latest empirical research with the presenter's extensive anecdotal experience. The PCBH model is only one approach to integrated care. This presentation will give a brief overview of other approaches but will not provide a detailed description of them. In addition, the anecdotal experiences discussed represent only the experiences of the presenter. No risks noted.

We will discuss how inequitable access to care experienced by marginalized communities and how integration can improve that. We will also discuss the importance of a more diverse mental health workforce.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to list at least three ways a BHC can improve primary care.
• Participants will be able to discuss the rationale for the regular use of warm handoffs.
• Participants will be able to list at least three "Sinkholes" or "Trampolines" of integration.
• Participants will be able to describe at least two approaches to primary care behavioral health integration.
• Participants will be able to outline at least two reasons why integration is occurring.

Presenter Information

Jeff Reiter, PhD, ABPP, is an internationally recognized expert in the integration of behavioral health into primary care. Since 2002, he has worked in integrated care as a clinician, administrator, trainer, and consultant in the community health, commercial and government healthcare sectors. He has helped hundreds of primary care systems, clinics and individuals in their integration efforts, both throughout the U.S. and internationally; publishes and speaks regularly on the topic of integration; and is on the faculty of Arizona State University's integrated care training program. Dr. Reiter has received numerous awards and advised many organizations through Board and advisory committee membership. He also co-authored (with Patricia Robinson, PhD) two of the leading "how-to" books on integrated care.

Video Homestudy Format

CE’s for this homestudy training will be earned through completing the following tasks:

• Watch the presentation video and review all provided documents in their entirety.
• Pass the post-test questionnaire with at least 80% correct.

A program evaluation form will be provided to all who registered following the training. Please be sure to complete this form since your feedback helps direct future CE programming from our organization.

Registration Cost

This cost includes video links, materials, and tests required to obtain CE’s. Your CE certificate will be made available to you upon successful completion of the training (80% or higher on exam).

National Psychology Training Consortium (NPTC) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NPTC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.