National Psychology Training Consortium

Course Description and Target Audience

This presentation will provide a rich understanding of the Behavioral Scientist role in Family Medicine residency programs, beginning with a brief overview of the history of the role and medical training requirements. It will then take a deep dive into patient-centered communication as a critical skill required of medical providers and how cultural humility and health equity concepts can and should be woven throughout training elements. Participants will be engaged through hands-on practice utilizing an observation tool, role-playing feedback, and sharing there own experiences as educators with medical teams.

Best for behavioral health trainees and professionals who work in medical settings will likely find the most use in this program. However, concepts also apply to general supervision and patient care. Presentation will draw from the most current available literature/research on this topic. Attendees will be provided with an instructional observation tool and research evidence to back up it's use.

The presentation will offer a brief overview of the Behavioral Scientist role and then focus predominately on training and assessing a subset of skills. It will not provide an exhaustive review of what Behavioral Scientists do. Evidence presented is limited by what has been published. As with any topic, it's important to acknowledge the exclusion of null results in publications. There are no known risks of this presentation.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to describe the roll and common responsibilities of the Behavioral Scientist in Family Medicine Residencies.
• Participants will be able to explain why patient-centered communication is an essential skill for medical providers and it's overlap with health justice and equity.
• Participants will be able to demonstrate a tool used to provide feedback on patient-centered communication skills.

Presenter Information

Arissa Walberg, PhD has focused her career on integrated behavioral health in primary care as a clinician, leader, and educator for medical and behavioral health trainees. As the Managing Psychologist of Integrated Behavioral Health for PeaceHealth’s, she is integrated behavioral health into their primary care clinics in Oregon. Her research interests include integration of behavioral health into medical centers as well as medical and behavioral health trainee education. Dr. Walberg has authored and presented on a variety of behavioral health integrated related topics.

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.