Name
From Community Health Center to Academic Hub: Building and Sustaining a PCBH Workforce Through Training Partnerships
Description

This presentation describes the partnership between Community Health of Central Washington (CHCW), HealthPoint, and the National Psychology Training Consortium (NPTC) to develop APA-accredited doctoral internship and fellowship programs within the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model. Presenters will outline the multi-year journey of building an academic training infrastructure inside community health centers and how this transformation strengthened PCBH services, leadership development, and organizational culture. Attendees will receive a practical blueprint for developing training programs, including curriculum design, supervision structures, and strategies for graduate retention in integrated and underserved settings.

Speakers
Robert Allred, PhD, ABPP
David Bauman, PsyD
Bridget Beachy, PsyD
Co-Authors
Katherine Dixon, Angela King
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Primary Care Behavioral Health Model, Training and Workforce Development, Workforce development
Session Type
Concurrent
Objective 1
Describe key steps in developing an APA-accredited doctoral internship or fellowship within a Community Health Center, including leadership alignment, partnership development, and faculty infrastructure.
Objective 2
Identify essential components of a PCBH-focused training curriculum, including competency domains, didactic structure, supervision models, and recommended readings that promote a primary care identity.
Objective 3
Explain how integrated training programs can strengthen workforce recruitment and retention, including strategies that increase graduate placement within CHCs, PCBH roles, and underserved communities.
Content Reference 1

Bauman, D., & Beachy, B. (2024). One more thing… The Community Health of Central Washington story. In Serrano, N. (Ed), The implementer’s guide to primary care behavioral health. Chapel Hill, NC: Collaborative Family Healthcare Association.

Content Reference 2

Ogbeide, S. A., Bauman, D., & Beachy, B. (2022). Clinical supervision within the primary care behavioral health model: What we know and where we need to go. Psychological services, 10.1037/ser0000684. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000684

Content Reference 3

Bauman, D., & Beachy, B. (2020). Integrated behavioral health in primary care: A look at Community Health of Central Washington. Washington Family Physician: The Journal of the WAFP, 20-21.

Content Reference 4

Cahill, A., Martin, M., Beachy, B., Bauman, D., & Howard-Young, J. (2024). The contextual interview: a cross-cutting patient-interviewing approach for social context. Medical education online, 29(1), 2295049. https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2023.2295049

Content Reference 5

Ogbeide, S. A., Williamson, M., Bauman, D., Beachy, B., & Villacampa, M. (in press). Lessons learned in integrated care leadership. Families, Systems, & Health