title: Training family medicine residents to practice collaboratively with psychology trainees.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article will describe a training curriculum for family medicine residents to practice collaboratively with psychology (doctoral) trainees at the Wayne State University/Crittenton Family Medicine Residency program.
  
  
  METHODS
  The collaborative care curriculum involves a series of patient care and educational activities that require collaboration between family medicine residents and psychology trainees. Activities include: (1) clinic huddle, (2) shadowing, (3) pull-ins and warm handoffs, (4) co-counseling, (5) shared precepting, (6) feedback from psychology trainees to family medicine residents regarding consults, brief interventions, and psychological testing, (7) lectures, (8) video-observation and feedback, (9) home visits, and (10) research. The activities were designed to teach the participants to work together as a team and to provide a reciprocal learning experience.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In a brief three-item survey of residents at the end of their academic year, 83% indicated that they had learned new information or techniques from working with the psychology trainees for assessment and intervention purposes; 89% indicated that collaborating with psychology trainees enhanced their patient care; and 89% indicated that collaborating with psychology trainees enhanced their ability to work as part of a team. Informal interviews with the psychology trainees indicated that reciprocal learning had taken place.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Family medicine residents can learn to work collaboratively with psychology trainees through a series of shared patient care and educational activities within a primary care clinic where an integrated approach to care is valued.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University School of Medicine, WSU Family Medicine Center, Rochester Hills, MI 48307, USA. jporcer@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Porcerelli
authors.forename: Shannon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Murdoch
authors.forename: Tsveti
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Markova
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kimbrough
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011584:Psychology / Q000193:education