Psychiatric News | February 28, 2020
To build a workforce equipped to provide effective mental health care in primary care and other settings, we have to think beyond traditional training programs like residencies and fellowships. Jacynda Wheeler shares firsthand insight into the innovative, employment-friendly Community-Based Integrated Care Fellowship funded by the Washington state legislature that is bringing integrated care skills to […]
NBC Montana | August 26, 2019
Billings Clinic has begun a program to help train psychiatrists with the hope some of them will stay in Montana, where there is a shortage. The Montana Track, directed by Julie Kelso, MD, is the first-ever psychiatry residency program in Montana.
The Washington Nurse | June 1, 2018
Cara Towle gives examples of how nurses are vital components of the telemental health services provided by UW Medicine, including the Psychiatry Consultation and Telepsychiatry (PCAT) program, the Psychiatry and Addictions Case Consultation (PACC) series, and their liaison role in Collaborative Care.
The ASCO Post | January 25, 2017
Roberto Montenegro, MD, PhD, a Fellow in the UW Child and Adolescent Psychiatry program, talks about the ramifications of microaggressions on medical trainees, the impact of bias on patient care, and how medical institutions can create environments that blunt microaggressions and support underrepresented medical students and physicians during training.
APA Psych News | July 28, 2017
As the first fellows of the new Integrated Care Fellowship, Seeta Patel, MD, and Sara Haack, MD, MPH, reflect on their experiences in the program.
UW Medicine Newsroom | November 14, 2017
As of July 1, all healthcare providers in WA State are required to take an approved suicide-prevention course as part of their continuing education requirements.
Psychiatric News | May 25, 2016
Heidi Combs, MD, MS, points out that psychiatric training of medical students who go into primary care and other medical specialties can be a powerful tool to addressing the stigma associated with mental illness.
