Interns will engage in the provision of primary care psychology services in collaboration with attending psychologists, family physicians, psychiatrists, care managers, psychiatric nurse practitioners, physician assistants, RN’s, MAs, social workers, medical students, residents, graduate psychology students, and pharmacy students. These services may include:
- Consultation regarding behavioral health questions and presenting problems
- Consulting with physicians about patient care, mental health and health behavior change
- Provision of team based care
- Teaching and supporting patient self-management skills
- Facilitation of health-related support groups
- Individual patient assessment and intervention
- Health promotion/disease prevention interventions
- Psychological screening and assessments
- Opportunities to supervise psychology practicum students and engage in supervision of supervision
Interns will contribute to the education and training of medical students and medical residents via:
- Collaborative care/clinical teaching
- Small group teaching
- Coaching physicians in techniques of health behavior change
- Medical precepting (supervision of psychosocial aspects of medical care)
- Hospital rounds
Interns may potentially participate in ongoing research and/or program development in community based medicine with options including:
- Serving on grant writing teams
- Participation in clinical home visits
- Participation in practice based research working groups
- Focal study of a selected underserved population
Interns will master a primary care psychology curriculum through:
- Direct patient care in the primary care setting
- Selected readings
- Attending lecture and seminar series
- Participation in medical school education activities, including Family Medicine, Rural Health and Psychiatry Grand Rounds
- Participation in daily supervision