Medical Family Therapy Externship

Catalog description

This course will introduce the concepts of Medical Family Therapy and integrated behavioral healthcare to master's students. Course topics will cover areas such as systems work with health and illness, interventions to work with biopsychosocial issues, the roles of behavioral health providers in healthcare, and operational issues that impact patient care. This externship will include a group presentation and final paper to reflect on a Medical Family Therapy case study. Students will have the opportunity to tour two primary care clinics and watch a medical team meeting.