Telepsychiatric Consultation as a Training and Workforce Development Strategy for Rural Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There is a shortage of rural primary care personnel with expertise in team care for patients with common mental disorders. Building the workforce for this population is a national priority. We investigated the feasibility of regular systematic case reviews through telepsychiatric consultation, within collaborative care for depression, as a continuous training and workforce development strategy in rural clinics.

Methods

We developed and pilot-tested a qualitative interview guide based on a conceptual model of training and learning. We conducted individual semistructured interviews in 2018 with diverse clinical and nonclinical staff at 3 rural primary care sites in Washington state that used ongoing collaborative care and telepsychiatric consultation. Two qualitative r

SUBMITTER: Al Achkar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7489960 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature