Description
Presenter(s): Barbara Cubic, Ph.D. and Ruben Tinajero, Ph.D
Overview.
This presentation will provide a brief, clinically-focused overview of integrated primary care (IPC). Theories and models of IPC are reviewed, as well as evidence for its effectiveness. Practical guidance on the implementation of IPC in various primary care settings will be provided, including strategies to form collaborative relationships with members of primary care teams. Competencies and evidence-based clinical skills necessary to function in IPC settings will be presented. Ideas about resources (e.g., worksheets, websites) for patient care will be presented, as well as depictions of typical days for behavioral health providers in IPC.
Objectives.
- Describe Integrated Primary care (IPC);
- Discuss the differences between IPC and Standard Psychological Care;
- Implement IPC or aspects of IPC into health care settings.
About the Presenter.
Barbara Cubic, Ph.D. has been recognized as a trailblazer for integrated primary care. She has spent her career advocating for psychologists to work in primary care settings and has trained and mentored hundreds of other professionals to do so. In 2010, she was awarded the PSYCHE prize by the American Psychological Foundation for her work in integrated primary care. She has also been awarded the Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Health Psychology award from the Society of Health Psychology of the American Psychological Association in 2014 and the Ivan Mensch Award for Distinguished Achievement in Teaching by the Association of Psychologist in Academic Health Centers in 2017.
Ruben Tinajero, Ph.D. is a clinical health psychologist in the West Virginia University, Department of Family Medicine. He completed his doctoral training at the University of Utah and internship training at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Tinajero contributes to the training of WVU family medicine residents and medical school students and supervises doctoral practicum students and psychology interns. His primary research interests are in stress science and sleep research.
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