Implementation and Evaluation of a Military-Civilian Partnership to Train Mental Health Specialists.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mental health specialists (MHS, or 68X) play a central role in meeting the growing demand for combat stress care among Service Members. Partnering with civilian institutions may enhance the MHS training experience beyond Advanced Individual Training (AIT).

Methods

We describe a novel military-civilian collaboration to train U.S. Army Reserve MHS's in the psychiatric emergency service (PES) of a public, safety-net hospital. Details of implementation are described. The training rotation was evaluated after 1 year through a comprehensive chart abstraction of patients seen as well as surveys of MHS's and civilian partners.

Results

The roles of MHS and physician officers in this rotation are described. Over 9 days in the PES, the MHS team evaluated 26 patients

SUBMITTER: Simpson SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8055066 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature