Addressing mental health issues in primary care: An initial curriculum for medical residents |
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| Authors: | Robert C. Smith,Heather Laird-Fick,Dale D&rsquo Mello,Francesca C. Dwamena,Amy Romain,James Olson,Karen Kent,Karen Blackman,David Solomon,Mark Spoolstra,Auguste H. Fortin VI,Jeffery Frey,Gary Ferenchick,Laura Freilich,Carmen Meerschaert,Richard Frankel |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Department of Medicine, East Lansing, USA;2. Michigan State University Colleges of Human and Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, East Lansing, USA;3. EW Sparrow Hospital, Department of Family Medicine, Lansing, USA;4. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, East Lansing, USA;5. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Office of Medical Education Research and Development, East Lansing, USA;6. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Department of Medicine, Grand Rapids, USA;g Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, New Haven, USA;h Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveMany express concern that modern medicine fails to provide adequate psychosocial and mental health care. Our educational system has not trained the primary care providers who care for most of these patients. Our objective here is to propose a quantum change: prepare residents and students during all years of training so that they are as effective in treating psychosocial and mental health issues as they are medical problems.MethodWe operationalize this objective, following Kern, by developing an intensive 3-year curriculum in psychosocial and mental health care for medical residents based on models with a strong evidence-base.ResultsWe report an intensive curriculum that can guide others with similar training interests and also initiate the conversation about how best to prepare residency graduates to provide effective mental health and psychosocial care.ConclusionIdentifying specific curricula informs education policy-makers of the specific requirements they will need to meet if psychosocial and mental health training are to improve.Practice ImplicationsTraining residents in mental health will lead to improved care for this very prevalent primary care population. |
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| Keywords: | Biopsychosocial training Mental health training Residents Curriculum |
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