Rodger Kessler wins a ribbon!

Our own Rodger Kessler, PhD, Co-Principal Investigator, has once again been recognized for his extraordinary skills in Bonsai. This week at the Champlain Valley Exposition, Rodger received the Red Ribbon for his exquisite Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens).

Congratulations, Rodger!

-Ben

Introducing Alex Pond

Those of you who recently attended the IBHPC Annual Meeting have already met our newest staff member: Alex Pond has started as a Program Assistant in the UVM Department of Medicine where he will take responsibility for the CTS Graduate Program as well as helping out across all our activities. He did a great job last week supporting the meeting.

Alex was born and raised in Burlington, Vermont.  He began his career at UVM working first at the Bailey/Howe Library and then Undergraduate Admissions before moving to Baltimore and joining the Graduate Admissions team at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.  Following his time in Baltimore he lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he supported the CHRISTUS St. Vincent Family Medicine Residency program, whose mission was to train physicians in a community based setting serving the people of Northern New Mexico. He is very excited to return home and be joining the CTS/GIMR team at the College of Medicine.

Welcome, Alex!


- Ben Littenberg

Training to Deliver Integrated Care

Congratulations to CR Macchi and Rodger Kessler on the publication of Training to Deliver Integrated Care: Skills Aimed at the Future of Healthcare (Springer International Publishing AG)..

This unique trainer’s resource offers a comprehensive blueprint for preparing clinicians for practice in the changing and challenging environment of integrated care. Based firmly in new evidence-based models of behavioral care in medicine, it sets out the aims and objectives of modern integrated care delivery in a streamlined pedagogy-to-practice framework. Teaching strategies for developing core skills and competencies, suitable across diverse educational and workforce development settings, are presented with data-based rationales and guidelines for design and implementation. Chapters also cover the range of essentials, from research support to business acumen to program evaluation methods, needed to meet bedrock goals of improved quality of care, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction.
 The book’s comprehensive coverage:
 

• Reviews the evidence base for integrating medical and behavioral care.

• Provides empirically sound guidelines for training learners in integrated    practice.

• Breaks down skill development into critical training objectives.

• Offers detailed content of a current degree program in integrative behavioral  medicine.

• Recommends measures to support responsive, patient-centered, and    sustainable training programs.

A robust guide to a more inclusive and effective future, Training to Deliver Integrated Care expands the healthcare horizon to accommodate trainers working in health psychology, general practice, primary care medicine, and consulting, as well as supervision and coaching professionals.

 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319788487