Division 38 (Health Psychology) invites you to learn how to create/build your practice by collaborating with physicians! Tried and true examples of clinical collaboration in geriatrics (a growing field!), Hepatitis C (increasing demand!) and chronic pain (applicable in multiple settings!).
Go to the APA Convention site NOW to enroll! (Please pass on this posting to your interested colleagues and students) PRECONVENTION WORKSHOP: ENROLL NOW at www.apa.org/ce or call the CEP office at 800-374-2721, ext. 5991.
Fifth Annual Clinical Health Psychology Institute "Creating Your Niche in Health Psychology: Collaborating With Physicians" (Workshop Code: WKPC#3) This workshop is jointly sponsored by the APA Division 38 (Health Psychology) and the APA Office of Continuing Education in Psychology. Workshop Description Many health psychologists carve out their positions by collaborating with physicians and surgeons and working together to meet the needs of shared patients. This INTERMEDIATE workshop is designed to demonstrate how to develop professional consultation and liaison relationships with physicians and surgeons so they value the role of health psychology. Current standards of care in hepatitis C treatment, geriatrics, and chronic pain will be used to illustrate strategies to develop consultation and liaison relationships with physicians and surgeons to better serve mutual patients. This workshop is designed to help you:1. Describe strategies for developing collaborative relationships with physicians and surgeons for the benefit of medical populations,2. Identify barriers to developing multidisciplinary programs,3. Apply strategies for interfacing with multidisciplinary teams,
4. Predict biopsychosocial risk factors for poor treatment outcome,5. Discuss principles for biopsychosocial assessment,6. Recognize evidence-based psychological treatment, and7. Prepare to identify the medicolegal complications in some treatment settings. Leaders: Anne K. Eshelman, PhD, ABPP, Henry Ford Hospital Consultation Psychiatry, Detroit, MI; Daniel Bruns, PsyD, Health Psychology Associates PC, Greeley, CO; and Lori Stevic Rust, PhD, ABPP, University Hospitals Extended Care Campus, Assisted Living and Dementia Care Programs, Chardon, OH
Enrollment Limit: 50CE Credits: 7Time: 8:00 a.m.–3:50 p.m.Location: Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, 425 Summer Street Members: $280 in advance; $315 on siteNonmembers: $315 in advance; $350 on site ENROLL NOW at www.apa.org/ce or call the CEP Office at 800-374-2721, ext. 5991. Advance Enrollment ends August 12, 2008.
