Program Overview

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Introduction to the Center for Integrated Primary Care

The Center for Integrated Primary Care (CIPC) is dedicated to providing high-quality training programs for individuals and organizations. The CIPC offers a range of online courses, short courses, webinars, and videos to support the development of integrated primary care practices.

Online Courses for Individuals and Organizations

The CIPC offers several online courses, including:

• Advanced Mental Health Care in Primary Care
• Primary Care Behavioral Health Courses
• Motivational Interviewing
• Patient-Centered Healthcare

Advanced Mental Health Care in Primary Care

This course provides training on advanced mental health care in primary care settings. The curriculum includes:

• Course Faculty
• Curriculum for Advanced Mental Health Care in Primary Care
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Sample Content from this Course
• Testimonials for Advanced Mental Health Care in Primary Care Course

Primary Care Behavioral Health Courses

The CIPC offers two primary care behavioral health courses:

• Legacy: Primary Care Behavioral Health Course
• New: Primary Care Behavioral Health Course, Part 1
  • Curriculum for Primary Care Behavioral Health, Part 1
  • Meet our Faculty
  • Sample Content from this Course
  • Live Q & A Schedule

Motivational Interviewing

This course provides training on motivational interviewing, including:

• MI Lessons Curriculum
• Learning Objectives
• Faculty
• Learning Lab Schedules
• Frequently Asked Questions about the Center for Integrated Primary Care
• The 3 components of the Motivational Interviewing Course

Patient-Centered Healthcare

This course provides training on patient-centered healthcare, including:

• Frequently Asked Questions
• PCH Faculty
• Curriculum

Short Courses, Webinars, Videos

The CIPC offers several short courses, webinars, and videos, including:

• Short Courses
  • Building Knowledge in Motivational Interviewing
  • Guiding Patient Health Behavior Change with Motivational Interviewing
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• 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 several resources for 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 committed to scholarship and research in integrated primary care, including:

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

Primary Care Behavioral Health Curriculum

The CIPC offers a comprehensive curriculum for primary care behavioral health, including:

Creating and Managing an Integrated Primary Care Practice Topics

• Module 1: Introduction to Integrated Primary Care
  • The health care crisis in the US and the costs and consequences of poor health, particularly behavioral health
  • Definitions of Integrated Primary Care (IPC) and Behavioral Health Integration (BHI)
  • The role of Primary Care in health care transformation
  • Current efforts at health care transformation
  • Major models of Integrated Primary Care
• Module 2: Transforming the Organization
  • Outcomes among some integration exemplars
  • The role and possible makeup of an integration team
  • Information sharing that needs to take place in integrated primary care
  • The relationship between Integrated Primary Care and the Patient-Centered Medical Home
  • Reasons that workflows may need revision during integration
• Module 3: Transforming Clinical Practice
  • How to feel comfortable and oriented in a primary care setting
  • Methods of building an effective integrated team
  • How behavioral health can become an essential part of many primary care cases
  • Examples of expertise transfer in an integrated primary care practice

Bio-Psycho-Social Treatment Topics

• Module 4: Evidence-based Therapies
  • What constitutes valid evidence in scientific literature relevant to your practice
  • Types of evidence available for Behavioral Health approaches
  • How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be applied in a Primary Care setting
  • The role of Solution-Focused Interviewing can play in patient and provider change
• Module 5: Patient Activation
  • The interaction of patient activation and shared decision-making methods in primary care
  • Health literacy and patient engagement approaches
  • Patient-centered care plans
  • The "Share Approach"
• Module 6: Psychotropic Medication
  • The role of a Behavioral Health Provider in psychotropic medication safety monitoring, adherence, and effectiveness
  • How to speak comfortably with adult patients and prescribers about psychotropic medications
  • The pharmacological properties of common psychotropics
• Module 7: Caring for Chronic Illnesses
  • An evidence-based bio-psycho-social approach for chronic illnesses in primary care
  • Symptoms, mechanisms, and treatments of chronic illnesses seen commonly in primary care
• Module 8: Medically Unexplained Symptoms
  • The usefulness of the terms "Somatization" and "Medically Unexplained Symptoms" (MUS)
  • The role of a team approach to MUS
  • The role that language plays in engaging the patient
  • "Functional" illnesses and Behavioral Health approaches

Dealing with Substance and Pain in Primary Care Topics

• Module 9: Substance Abuse in Primary Care
  • Knowledge, skill, and attitudinal needs of providers related to the management of substance use disorders
  • Roles of members of multidisciplinary teams for managing substance use disorders in primary care
  • Effective interventions for substance use disorders in primary care
  • Ways for behavioral health providers and medical providers to collaborate to improve the treatment of substance use disorders in primary care
• Module 10: Health Behavior Change
  • Building the doctor/patient relationship for better health
  • The Stages of Change Model
  • An introduction to Motivational Interviewing
  • A patient's stage of change with a health behavior problem and motivational approaches appropriate to that stage
• Module 11: Chronic Pain in Primary Care, Medical Interventions
  • The dilemma of pain, right to treatment vs. danger of abuse
  • Pain medications, actions, and indications
  • Contracting and monitoring for safety
  • Addressing dangerous patterns of use
• Module 12: Chronic Pain in Primary Care, Behavioral Interventions
  • Current definitions of pain
  • Gate Control Theory/Biopsychosocial Model
  • The neurology of pain
  • Behavioral Health approaches to chronic pain
  • Common psychotropic medications for chronic pain
• Module 13: Relaxation Therapies
  • Describe relaxation therapies and their use in Primary Care
  • Implement/teach simple relaxation techniques for patients

Behavioral Health and Pediatrics Topics

• Module 14: Behavioral Health in the Primary Care of Children
  • Engaging parents in promoting health without making them feel judged
  • Roles of PCP, BHP, and caregivers in the Primary Care of children
  • Major evidence-based screening tools used in pediatric care, and how they are used
• Module 15: Behavioral Health Interventions and ADHD in the Primary Care of Children
  • Behavioral Health needs in the primary care of children
  • The BHP's role in interviewing the child and caregivers
  • Methods of involving and giving help to parents and caregivers
  • Speaking with the medical team and caregivers about ADHD: screening, medications, and BH interventions
• Module 16: Challenging Populations
  • The needs of common patient populations in the primary care of children
  • Ways in which a Behavioral Health Provider can be of use in the primary care of chronic illnesses in the care of children
  • The increased role of behavioral risks in adolescents
  • Depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and health behavior needs of adolescents in primary care
  • Guiding parents and children struggling with chronic illnesses, and adolescents with behavioral issues in a culturally acceptable and effective manner

Serious Mental Illness Topics

• Module 17: Integrated Care for People Coping with Serious Mental Illness
  • Health needs of people coping with serious mental illness
  • Ways in which health and wellness can be fostered through a structured learning program
  • How the experience of trauma, mental illness, and some common treatments for mental illness increase health risks and lower the effectiveness of usual medical care for these people
  • The possibility of primary care, care management, and wellness programs to improve the life experience and health of this group
• Module 18: Serious Mental Illness Health Behavior
  • Physical health issues for people with serious mental illness
  • Evidence-based lifestyle interventions geared toward people with serious mental illness
  • Implementing evidence-based lifestyle interventions within mental health and/or primary care settings

Population Health in Primary Care Topics

• Module 19: Screening and Care Management
  • The purpose of screening in Primary Care
  • Common screening tools used in Primary Care
  • Care management for depression in Primary Care
  • The pros and cons of implementing care management in Primary Care

Families, Community, and Culture Topics

• Module 20: Working with Families in Primary Care
  • The family's role in health
  • The importance of a family perspective in addressing problems in health behavior
  • Opportunities in regular care (pediatric and adult) to engage family members
  • Critical points in care where family involvement is necessary
  • Steps in conducting a medical family meeting
• Module 21: Behavioral Health services in primary care for elderly people
  • Describe changes in behavioral approaches necessitated by advancing age
  • Discuss the specific needs of a geriatric population
  • Identify specific behavioral interventions for older adults
• Module 22: Underserved Populations, Culture, and Primary Care
  • Working with a culturally diverse population of patients
  • The impact of racism, discrimination, immigration, and poverty, as well as cultural influences on coping skills
  • Narrative questioning skills for discovering important cultural issues and the barriers faced by primary care clinicians in using these techniques