You're comfortable with the shallow end: treating depression and anxiety.  Come explore the deeper waters of treating chronic medical conditions!

While BHCs can greatly enhance the primary care management of chronic illnesses, these services are limited by our lack of basic knowledge about medical conditions and an understanding of how BHCs can ethically practice at the top of our licenses in this area.  Back for a second year, this ELO will equip BHCs with the basics of treating diabetes, functional neurological disorders/somatic symptom disorders, and chronic pain and provide a template to situate BHC services within the primary care team with other chronic illnesses. 

Abstract

This workshop, returning for the second year, will provide an overall conceptualization of the role of the BHC in co-managing medical conditions in a primary care clinic. This will include a model that can be applied to all medical conditions and ethical considerations to allow the BHC to proceed with confidence and clarity.  This rubric will be applied to 3 chronic medical conditions (diabetes, functional neurological disorders/somatic symptom disorders, and chronic pain) so the participants will gain medical knowledge and a vision for how to apply it.

Our presentation team includes 3 BHCs, 2 family physicians, and a clinical pharmacist who will be paired to provide the education for the 3 medical conditions.  Participants will rotate through more personalized training with each of the pairs.