title: Meeting evolving workforce needs: Preparing psychologists for leadership in the patient-centered medical home.
abstract: Behavioral health integration in the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) offers opportunities for psychologists to play leadership roles. Widespread practice transition to PCMH models of care are expected to substantially impact the psychology workforce. Conservative estimates suggest that approximately 90% of the 93,000 clinically trained psychologists would be required to meet projected need in these settings. This has implications for how health service psychologists are trained. In addition to relevant clinical competencies, they must be versed in system/program development, administration, evaluation, quality improvement, and interprofessional collaboration. Herein, the need to introduce psychologists to the many potential roles in the PCMH is underscored. Inherent to effective work in the PCMH is the synthesis of professional competences in addition to those traditionally included in psychology training. We offer a competency-based PCMH training framework adapted from levels of intensity in the Education and Training Guidelines: A taxonomy for education and training in professional psychology health service specialties (American Psychological Association, 2012). Practical examples of training activities, taking into account available programmatic resources, also are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Xavier University.
authors.forename: Abbie O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Beacham
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: Kristi S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Van Sickle
authors.affiliation: Cherokee Health Systems.
authors.forename: Parinda
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khatri
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University.
authors.forename: Mana K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reimer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University.
authors.forename: Eugene W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Farber
authors.forename: Nadine J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kaslow
mesh_terms: D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence; D011584:Psychology