Program Overview

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Center for Integrated Primary Care

The Center for Integrated Primary Care (CIPC) offers various programs and resources for individuals and organizations.

About the Center for Integrated Primary Care (CIPC)

The CIPC is dedicated to providing high-quality training and resources for primary care professionals.

Online Courses for Individuals and Organizations

The CIPC offers a range of online courses, including:

• Advanced Mental Health Care in Primary Care
  • This course is designed for primary care professionals who want to improve their skills in providing mental health care.
  • The course covers topics such as screening for mental health symptoms, dosing and titrating behavioral health interventions, and responding to acute and chronic suicidality.
• Primary Care Behavioral Health Courses
  • The CIPC offers two primary care behavioral health courses: Legacy and New.
  • The New course is divided into two parts, with Part 2 covering topics such as care of patients with complex and chronic concerns, motivational interviewing, and trauma-informed care.
• Motivational Interviewing
  • This course teaches primary care professionals how to use motivational interviewing to promote behavior change in their patients.
  • The course covers topics such as the relevance of motivational interviewing to behavioral health practice, empathy, and "change talk."
• Patient-Centered Healthcare
  • This course focuses on providing patient-centered care in primary care settings.
  • The course covers topics such as frequently asked questions, faculty, and curriculum.

Short Courses, Webinars, Videos

The CIPC also offers short courses, webinars, and videos on various topics, including:

• Short Courses
  • Building Knowledge in Motivational Interviewing
  • Guiding Patient Health Behavior Change with Motivational Interviewing
• Webinars & Workshops
  • Enrichment Series
  • Addressing Weight Based Stigma
  • Introduction to the Practice Integration Profile
  • Trauma-Informed Care Webinar
  • Behavioral Activation: Transdiagnostic Applications in Primary Care
• Free Videos
• Workshops by CIPC Partners
  • The Integrated Center for Group Medical Visits
  • Using Coding in Motivational Interviewing with Ali Hall

OUD Resources

The CIPC provides resources for patients and families affected by opioid use disorder (OUD), including:

• OUD Resources for Patients and Families
  • Home
  • What is OUD?
  • Exchange of Needles - an OUD Resource for Patients and Families
  • Treatment Locator
  • Health Insurance in MA
  • Opioid Overdose and Narcan
  • How Medications for OUD Work
  • Medication Treatment: Buprenorphine
  • Medication Treatment: Methadone
  • Medication Treatment: Naltrexone
  • OUD and Pregnancy
  • Safer Use Strategies
  • Basic Needs Resources
  • Abuse and Domestic Violence Resources
  • Family Members: CRAFT Model
  • Family Members: Allies in Recovery
  • Family Members: Support Groups
• Course: Principles of Opioid Use Disorder Care
• Implementing MOUD in Primary Care
• Intensive Training in Motivational Interviewing

Custom Trainings and Consultations

The CIPC offers customized trainings and consultations for organizations, including:

• About Customized Trainings & Consultations
• Organizations Trained by CIPC
• Collaborative Success Stories
• Grant Funded Projects

Scholarship and Research

The CIPC is involved in various research projects, including:

• Faculty Publications
• PIP 2.0
  • PIP Evidence and Research
  • PIP Development Team
  • Practice Integration Profile (PIP)
• Resources for Primary Care Teams

New: Primary Care Behavioral Health Course, Part 2

This course covers topics such as:

• Module 13: Screening for Mental Health Symptoms and Unhealthy Substance Use
• Module 14: Dosing and Titrating Behavioral Health Interventions
• Module 15: Responding to Acute and Chronic Suicidality
• Module 16: When and How to Connect Patients with Community Resources and Specialty Services
• Module 17: Motivational Interviewing
• Module 18: Trauma-Informed Care
• Module 19: Transdiagnostic Behavioral Health Interventions
• Module 20: Collaborating on Psychopharmacology
• Module 21: Chronic Medical Conditions
• Module 22: Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Somatization Disorder
• Module 23: Substance Use Disorders
• Module 24: Chronic Severe Mental Illness

By the end of this course, learners will be able to describe the purpose of screening in primary care, the use of specific mental health and substance use screening measures, and the role behavioral health providers play in promoting best practices in behavioral health screening.