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Meeting Psychotropic Medication Prescribing Needs in Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaboration Involving Pediatricians, Psychiatrists, and Psychologists

Chair(s)

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  Jeffrey Shahidullah, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
  Psychiatry
  The University of Texas at Austin
  Austin, Texas, United States

Primary care clinicians are often tasked with prescribing psychotropic medications for pediatric patients, but training, time, and reimbursement issues hamper best practice. Psychiatrists and psychologists embedded in the medical home can enhance care coordination via collaborative medication-related roles. This presentation aims to present data from innovative medication consultation models involving psychiatrists and psychologists. Mixed-method approaches provide qualitative and quantitative data regarding improved access to psychotropic medication management for patients and families, improved standard of care and adherence to prescribing guidelines and algorithms, and improved training and learning enhancement for prescribing pediatricians. The innovative medication consultation models using interprofessional approaches will be described and incorporate audience feedback and discussion. This cross-disciplinary spotlight presentation targets real-world skills that clinicians can incorporate into their practices. Implications for COVID-19 and telehealth adaptations will be discussed.

Presentations:

• 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM US CT

  Introduction - Background, State of Affairs, and Rationale for Interprofessional Collaboration
  

  Presenter: Jeffrey Shahidullah, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin
• 1:15 PM - 1:20 PM US CT

  Presentation 1 - Collaborative Psychotropic Medication Management in Urban Pediatric Primary Care: Nationwide Children's Hospital's Model and Outcomes
  

  Presenter: Cody A. Hostutler, PhD – Nationwide Children's Hospital
• 1:20 PM - 1:25 PM US CT

  Presentation 1 - Collaborative Psychotropic Medication Management in Urban Pediatric Primary Care: Nationwide Children's Hospital's Model and Outcomes
  

  Presenter: Stephen Hersey, MD – Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio State University
• 1:25 PM - 1:30 PM US CT

  Presentation 1 - Collaborative Psychotropic Medication Management in Urban Pediatric Primary Care: Nationwide Children's Hospital's Model and Outcomes
  

  Presenter: Jagadish Urs, MD MPH – Nationwide Childrens Hospital
• 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM US CT

  Presentation 2 - Changes in Psychotropic Mediction Prescribing in a Pediatric Resident Clinic Following Implementation of a Behavioral Health Curriculum
  

  Presenter: Elizabeth Wallis, MD, MS – Medical University of South Carolina
• 1:45 PM - 1:53 PM US CT

  Presentation 3 - Embedding Psychologists in a Rural Primary Care Clinic to Enhance Pediatrician Management of Behavioral Conditions
  

  Presenter: Kathryn DeHart, MD – Geisinger Medical Center
• 1:53 PM - 2:00 PM US CT

  Presentation 3 - Embedding Psychologists in a Rural Primary Care Clinic to Enhance Pediatrician Management of Behavioral Conditions
  

  Presenter: Paul Kettlewell – Geisinger Health System
• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM US CT

  Presentation 4 - Psychopharmacology Consultation Facilitated by Integrated Psychology Residents in a Pediatric Continuity Care Clinic: A Feasibility Study
  

  Presenter: Lisa Ramirez, PHD ABPP – MetroHealth System
• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM US CT

  Discussion
  

  Presenter: Cori Green, MD, MS – Weill Cornell Medical College
• 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM US CT

  Break
  

  Presenter: Belinda Thomas
• 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM US CT

  Click for Live Q&A: Meeting Psychotropic Medication Prescribing Needs in Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaboration Involving Pediatricians, Psychiatrists, and Psychologists
  

  Presenter: Belinda Thomas