COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Today’s mental heath treatment climate has been called the age of accountability. Clinicians are expected to provide “evidence-based” treatments and document patient progress. These evidence-based expectations are driven by several forces including regulatory bodies, public and private funding sources, as well as professional associations. However, defining and delivering evidence-based treatment in daily practice can be a “squishy” and somewhat imprecise undertaking. Methods range from using manualized treatment protocol for specific disorders to assessing pre-to-post patient change on a standardized outcome measure.
A review of the three dominant models of evidence-based practice will be provided with particular focus on how to implement practice-based evidence into daily office procedures. A decade of randomized clinical trials along with “real life” application with hundreds of thousands of patients will be summarized to support this evidence-based practice. More specifically, the application of a system to deliver providers with real-time feedback on patient progress will be presented along with instructions on how to make real time feedback a part of routine practice. In addition, results showing a persistent, repetitive pattern of patient benefit and reduction of treatment failure in patients seeing providers who received feedback compared to treatment-as-usual outcomes will be presented. Participants will be provided with an overview of clinical support tools that trigger the use of specific interventions to enhance treatment outcomes. Finally, input from consumer advocacy groups will be summarized regarding their perspective on practice-based evidence.
PRESENTER BIO
Gary Bulingame, Ph.D.
Dr. Gary M. Burlingame is currently a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Brigham Young University. He regularly contributes to the group psychotherapy and measurement literature accumulating over 100 book chapters and peer reviewed articles and 180+ international, national and regional presentations. Dr. Burlingame has served as a consultant to over 20 federal, state and private entities including the White House, Department of Labor, Food & Drug Administration and HMO’s that cover over 30+ million U.S. lives. He has served as a consultant to private and state agencies in implementing changes in practice patterns increasing the use of group and outcomes-informed treatment. This consultation includes direct training with clinicians, line administrators and executive staff. He has maintained a clinical practice for over 20 years and supervises clinicians in both private and public settings. Dr. Burlingame received career awards for his contributions to training and clinical practice from the American Psychological Association in 2001 & 2006 as well as the American Group Psychotherapy Association in 2003.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to identify:
- Different major models of evidence based treatment
- How to use practice-based evidence methods to identify potential treatment failures and maximize outcomes
- Steps that need to be taken in order to implement an effective practice-based feedback system.
- A summary of the results of providing practice-based feedback to therapists about non responding patients.
- A decision tree problem solving strategy and brief questionnaires to prompt changes in the course of psychotherapy.
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OUTLINE AND SCHEDULE:
- Introduction (2 minutes)
- Fin
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