Consultation and Intervention in Primary Care Settings

Catalog description

To provide students with explicit (textbook) and tacit (experiential) knowledge of behavioral health service provision in an integrated primary care clinic serving a low-income population of patients. The course will be a combination of text-book readings and discussions as well as a laboratory component. The lab component will involve Instructor supervision of student’s shadowing and observation of primary care providers, conducting initial consultation appointments, practicing behavioral and cognitive interventions, and providing feedback to referring providers.