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Evaluation

Paper Presentation

Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice

Session: Integrated Behavioral Health Training and Interprofessional Education

Integrated Behavioral Health Care: Paradigm Possibilities for Social Work Education

Saturday, October 26, 2024

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT

Location: KC Convention Center, Room 2502A

Presenter(s)

Shelley Theisen, MSW, LICSW

Director of Field Education
University of St. Thomas
Saint Paul, MN, United States
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Ankita Deka, PhD

MSW Program Director
University of St. Thomas

Contributor(s)

Tonya Horn, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, MN, United States

This paper describes a mixed methods evaluation study of a HRSA-BHWET funded Integrated Behavioral Health Care Training Program for MSW students. Significant improvement was found on all pre-post measures. Qualitative findings provided valuable insights about how graduates applied their learning in practice to improve health systems and promote health equity.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the outcomes of a mixed methods study to evaluation a HRSA-funded Integrated Behavioral Health Care training program.
Identify strategies for implementing didactic and experiential training in culturally responsive, trauma-informed, interprofessional practice in social work education.
Identify possibilities for integrating behavioral health care to transform care systems and improve health equity and implications for anti-oppressive social work education.