Blog Posts for the Center for Integrated Primary Care

Part 2 of 2

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This is the 2nd and final part of a 2 part blog post series on the training the CIPC has provided to the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (Mass League). In this blog post, Leslie Salas Karnes, Manager of Public Health Initiatives at Mass League shared her thoughts on the course.

Part 1 of 2 

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Over the last 1.5 years, Mass League has partnered with the UMass Chan Center for Integrated Primary Care (CIPC) to provide three different training sessions to health center teams. These trainings have been received well and have helped to increase the skills and knowledge of CHC providers.

Adult Primary Care Physician Visits Increasingly Address Mental Health Concerns

The Curbsiders Addiction Medicine Podcast just wrapped up a stellar series on Addiction Medicine that has enormous applicability for any primary care clinician. This series is packed with evidence-based education on caring for patients with substance disorders.

A psychiatrist weighs in--I feel appreciated by my colleagues and patients at the Family Health Center, although I’m not sure folks fully understand what I do (heck, not sure I do either), so I wanted to try to explain a bit more what I am up to when I sit down with a patient.