Name
Breaking Boundaries to Expand Integrated Behavioral Health Educating and Training Across Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas
Description

his presentation will describe the implementation and evaluation of an 8-year integrated behavioral health workforce development training program within primary care clinics for predoctoral psychology trainees. The training program utilized in person and telehealth services to expand clinical care to primary care sites within mental health professional shortage areas to change the landscape of access to behavioral health services. The panelists will describe the training model; summarize competency attainment and skillset achievement of trainees and illustrate trainee employment data upon completion of the program. The panelists will describe program implementation and evaluation of best practices and lessons learned. This presentation will emphasize an interdisciplinary professional development opportunity for pre-doctoral students to train with numerous healthcare specialties within primary care to highlight the boundaries that can be broken when team-based care and training opportunities are provided.

Meredith Williamson
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Team-based care, Training/Supervision, Workforce development
Session Type
Poster
SIG or Committee
Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH)
Objective 1
Describe the program development and implementation processes for an integrated behavioral health training program in mental health professional shortage areas.
Objective 2
Identify implementation and evaluation strategies to consider when designing an implementing an integrated behavioral health training program.
Objective 3
Discuss best practices and lessons learned from breaking boundaries to expand clinical training in integrated behavioral health within mental health professional shortage areas.
Content Reference 1

Williamson, M. L. C., Jackson, K., Wade, L., Lopez, C., Nanavaty, N., Regan, T., Nouzovsky, A., Roberman, S., Garney, W., & McCord, C. (2022). Training Health Service Psychology students in an in-person and telehealth integrated behavioral health service delivery model in primary care. Journal of Families, Systems, & Health, 40(4), 572-577.

Content Reference 2

McCord, C., Garney, W., Garcia, K., Macareno, B., & Williamson, M L. C.. (2024). Evaluation of a multi-site health services psychology training program for telehealth and integrated behavioral health. Frontiers in Psychology, 15:1339319.

Content Reference 3

McCord, C. E., Console, K., Jackson, K., Pamiere, D., Stickley, M., & Williamson, M. L. C. (2020). Telepsychology training in a public health crisis: A case example. Counseling Psychology Quarterly (Published Online). https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2020.1782842