Care Coordinator Training and Support

Care coordinators participating in MHIP are offered three types of training and support: comprehensive training sessions, training sessions focused on specific topics of interest to care coordinators and roundtable support and discussion sessions.

Comprehensive Training
Once or twice per year (depending on need) comprehensive training sessions are offered for new care coordinators or those who want a refresher in integrated care. Comprehensive training sessions provide a detailed description of the integrated care approach, including the evidence supporting this type of approach. Specific skills and techniques care coordinators can use to implement integrated care are covered in these training sessions which typically last for one or two days.

Training on Specific Topics
Based on feedback and requests from care coordinators and others involved in MHIP, training in specific topic areas relevant to integrated care is offered 6-12 times per year. These training sessions are offered as webinars or in-person. Past topics include:

- supporting medication therapy (for non-prescribers)
- motivational interviewing
- referring patients for vocational rehabilitation, chemical dependency treatment, GA-X or SSI and other services
- problem-solving treatment
- managing psychiatric emergencies
- challenging patients and dialectical behavioral therapy
- managing patients with chronic pain

Roundtable Support and Discussion
Periodically roundtable discussions are held with care coordinators and/or case managers. The purpose of these sessions is to offer a forum for peer discussion and support and an opportunity for care coordinators to give feedback to program managers about challenges and best practices.

Schedules and Information
Information about upcoming trainings and materials from past trainings can be found in the Clinical section (password protected).

Primary Care Provider Training and Support

The consulting psychiatrists offer both formal and information training and support for primary care providers in topics of interest to them. Primary care providers can request training in any relevant topic. These training sessions are typically one hour and are presented during the providers' lunch or at a regularly scheduled provider meeting. Past topics include:

- managing psychiatric emergencies
- recommended follow-up for commonly used psychotropic medications
- bipolar disorder
- review and clinical use of antipsychotic medications
- review and clinical use of benzodiazepines
- major depressive disorder and treatment resistant depression
- diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders
- diagnosis and treatment of psychotic disorders
- diagnosis and treatment of substance use disorders
- personality disorders and working with the difficult patient

Resources and Links

Additional in-person and online training on topics relevant to MHIP are available from:

CHAMMP Training Institute
In-person training on various topics related to evidence-based treatment for behavioral health conditions