National Psychology Training Consortium

Intermediate --- Builds upon the learner's foundational knowledge, familiarity with the literature and/or experience in a content area. Programming at this level includes more depth than at a beginning level program. It could also serve as a refresher course for individuals who have background in a content area and are interested in learning more contemporary applications.

Course Description and Target Audience

The presentation will begin with an introduction to integrated health care (IHC), including the role of psychology across settings. The presentation will include introductory content on administrative, business, policy, and regulatory factors that dictate and impact psychologists in IHC. How psychologists operate within IHC to address the impact of illness on patients, their families, and school/work (re)integration will also be discussed. Target audience: Graduate students and early career psychologists who work in integrated care settings and/or coordinate care with physicians and other allied professionals.

Topic and materials are derived from empirically supported sources. Pros, cons, and limitations of Integrated Health Care will be presented. No identified risks.

Issues of diversity across multiple domains will be incorporated throughout the presentation's topics (e.g. relevance in business, SDOH, and direct care).

Learning Objectives

• Participants will learn the scope of Integrated Healthcare models and explain what distinguishes them.
• Participants will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the role of a psychologist within an integrated medical team.
• Participants will be able to explain how psychologists manage the impact of acute and chronic illness as well as bereavement on patients and their families.
• Participants will be able to discuss components of the larger system that direct and regulate behavioral health in integrated care settings.
• Participants will be able to apply skills of cultural competency to the care and ecology of patients in integrated settings.

Presenter Information

Dr. Sean Pereira is the attending Pediatric Psychologist at the Children's Hospital of Montefiore's Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes with dual faculty appointments at Albert Einstein College of Medicine: (1) Diabetes, and (2) Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. My work focuses on promoting healthy development for patients with endocrine and other chronic health conditions via providing evidence-based behavioral intervention. I actively instructs and trains pediatric house staff, medical fellows, and psychology graduate students in social medicine and behavioral health. Research interests and professional efforts focus on identity development and intersectionality, disparities in accessibility and utilization of behavioral health services in integrated care settings, and professional advocacy.

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.