The National Alliance for Mental Alliance (NAMI) recognizes May as Mental Health Awareness Month. 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year. See more facts about mental health and learn about signs and symptoms.

DCPCA hosts ongoing trainings and peer sharing opportunities through the Integrated Behavioral Health peer group. Please reach out to our team at communications@dcpca.org if your health center would like to discuss training and technical assistance needs for integrated behavioral health.

For more information, contact Melissa Mayer at mmayer@dcpca.org

DC NEXT (Network for Expectant and Parenting Teens) Meeting

For more information, contact Oumou Ly at oly@dcpca.org.

DC NEXT! (Network for Expectant and Parenting Teens) Flip the Script Panel Event

In recognition of National Teen Pregnancy Prevention (NTPP) Month, join us for a panel discussion from young parents in the District as they share their experiences, answer questions, and tell us about what should be prioritized for expectant and parenting teens to thrive in the District. Register here.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based communication style which aims to help providers engage patients in conversations about behavior change.  Motivational Interviewing challenges the practitioner to suspend his/her drive to direct, advise, and confront. 

Not sure if this is right for you? Learn more about motivational interviewing here.

Training Description: CFHA will discuss the key role that integrated behavioral health plays in advancing the goals of the primary care mission. Participants will discuss challenges inherent in this role and identify strategies for applying evidence-based practices to support a wide variety of behavioral health needs within the patient population. Using self-assessment tools, providers will gain skills in assessing fidelity to IBH standards. Providers will also learn about benefits of single session intervention and discuss treatment strategies for short-term episodes of care.

Training Description: CFHA will discuss key factors for determining dose and frequency of behavioral health interventions in the primary care setting. Participants will also practice applying existing social work and behavioral health skills to a brief intervention model. These skills will allow behavioral health providers to build confidence in providing effective brief interventions in a primary care setting.

Training Overview: This training will be divided into two segments: (1) Understanding Gender Expansive and Transgender Perspectives and (2) Behavioral Healthcare for Gender Dysphoria.

This de-escalation training will provide participants with verbal de-escalation strategies that may be utilized to achieve calm and cooperative outcomes when dealing with individuals that may appear agitated or in crisis.

 

DCPCA eClinicalWorks (eCW) Trainings

Training Overview: This training is designed for new staff members to get an overview of eClinicalWorks. It will be a two hour Webinar and will show you how to navigate the system. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.

*You will need to complete this eCW New Staff Overview and Navigation Training before registering for the Front Office or Clinical Progress Notes Training.*

Training Overview: This training session course is intended for individuals who work in the front office registering patients. Participants will learn to create/import new patients, eHX Demographics update, the various components of scheduling appointments, and web-enabling patients.

Training Overview: To register for this training, you must have already taken the eCW Staff Overview. This training will cover the flow of SOAP notes in eCW. This will include the Office Visit Screen, the Resource Schedule, the Right Chart Panel, eHX/CRISP; Orders, Prescriptions, Labs, X-rays Procedures, Referrals; Billing Information and Locking progress note/Addendum.

*To register for this training, you must have already taken the eCW New Staff Overview and Navigation Training.*

Training Overview: This training session is intended for Medical Assistants. Participants will learn additional tools in the progress note that help document the note more efficiently in-browser version of eCW. After this training, you will have a better understanding of the Office Visit Screen and how to document in different sections of the progress note. This includes how to document the note by using templates, order sets, Right Chart Panel, and eHX/CRISP. Participants will learn the basics of the patient portal, referral, orders, alerts, telephone encounters, actions, and the various components of scheduling appointments and web-enabling patients.

*To register for this training, you must have already taken the eCW New Staff Overview and Navigation Training.*

Training Overview: This training will show clinicians how to maneuver the eHX and all the functions available in eCW.

For more information on eCW trainings, please contact Marlene Fuentes, eCW Project Manager, at mfuentes@dcpca.org