Sample content from this course!
The Certificate Program is organized into self-paced submodules of 15 to 30 minutes each, designed to be completed on any device, at any pace. Modules in Parts 1 and 2 run approximately 60 minutes each. Modules in Part 3 run approximately 90 minutes total, reflecting their more complex clinical content. Each Part requires approximately 12 hours to complete. The full Certificate Program requires approximately 36 hours.
The samples below give you a look at what learning in the Certificate Program actually looks and feels like.
What course content looks like
Modules in the Certificate Program include four types of content, designed to complement each other across the arc of the course.
Video lectures The primary content format: pre-recorded presentations by course faculty, covering clinical concepts, evidence-based approaches, and primary care applications. Every module includes video lectures from faculty who practice in integrated settings. |
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Downloadable handouts, resources, and clinical tools Each module includes point-of-care resources you can put to immediate use: assessment tools, clinical checklists, brief intervention guides, and documentation templates, all adapted for integrated primary care practice. |
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Demonstration videos Featured in Part 3, these annotated clinical demonstrations show psychotherapy approaches as they are actually applied in primary care: paced for brief visits, adapted for the team-based setting, and focused on practical use with the patients you will see most often. |
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Optional monthly live office hours Once a month, learners can join an open Q&A session with course faculty. Office hours run on the fourth Wednesday of each month, 12:30 to 1:30 PM Eastern Time. Attendance is optional, and sessions are not recorded. |
See it for yourself
A look at what learning in the Certificate Program is like
PART 1
- Sample: Module 6: Privacy and Documentation of Care in Primary Care
- Faculty: Daniel Mullin, PsyD, MPH, and Nelly Burdette, Psy.D
- About this module: Learn best practices for documenting behavioral health care in primary care settings, including assessments, ongoing encounters, differences from specialty mental health documentation, and effective use of the EHR.
PART 2
- Sample: Module 15: Responding to Acute and Chronic Suicidality
- Faculty: Daniel Mullin, PsyD, MPH, and Rachel Davis-Martin, PhD
- About this module: Learn best practices for assessing and managing patients at acute and chronic suicide risk, including effective interdisciplinary collaboration among physicians, nurses, staff, and behavioral health clinicians to ensure safe, coordinated care.
PART 3
Part 3 introduces a new format: each module is organized into five sub-sections, structured to take you from theory to application of specific psychotherapy approaches to primary care practice.
- Introduction and Orientation: Context for the approach and how it fits the primary care practice.
- Essentials of Highlighted Approaches: Core concepts and techniques.
- Primary Care Application: How the approach is adapted for brief visits, the primary care team, and the patient populations you are most likely to see.
- Demonstration Videos: Annotated clinical demonstrations showing the approach in action, with commentary on clinical decision-making.
- Team Application: Guidance on how to involve the primary care team and integrate the approach into shared care.
Take it with you
Take home a sample of the kind of point-of-care resources you and your team will receive in every module.
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The Certificate Program in Primary Care Behavioral Health is built for clinicians who want to practice with skill and confidence in the integrated primary care setting. The samples above are drawn directly from the course. What you see here is what learning in the program is like.
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