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Medical Student Exposure to Integrated Behavioral Health
Rebekah J Choi1, Renée M Betancourt1, Mario P DeMarco2
1Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Objective:
Integrated behavioral health (IBH) allows for effective care delivery for patients with mental health and behavioral health disorders in primary care settings. This study assesses the state of exposure current medical students have to the IBH model in family medicine clerkships, in order to augment the readiness of students to participate in IBH as developing professionals.
Methods:
Clerkship directors at US and Canadian medical schools with a required family medicine run course (n = 141) were asked to estimate the percentage of students exposed to IBH in their clerkships, as part of the Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) 2016 survey.
Results:
The response rate was 86% (n = 118). Forty-four percent of clerkship directors reported that 0-20% of students are exposed to the IBH model in their clerkships. A comparison of schools with low and high exposure showed no significant differences among clerkship characteristics.
Conclusions:
A majority of medical students in the USA and Canada are not exposed to IBH models during their primary care clerkship. Larger systematic studies are needed to elucidate the steps necessary to prepare graduating medical students to collaborate in IBH models.
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