Train New Trainers (TNT) Primary Care Fellowships

Interprofessional fellowship certificate programs for improved access to child and adult behavioral health care. The UC Irvine School of Medicine Train New Trainers (TNT) Primary Care Fellowships are year-long clinical education programs for primary care-oriented trainees and providers who wish to receive advanced training in primary care - psychiatry or addiction medicine. Primary care - psychiatry and addiction medicine target the most frequently encountered mental health-related disorders and treatments. Who benefits? Providers in these specialties could benefit from this fellowship: •Internal medicine •Family medicine •Pediatrics •Emergency medicine •Neurology •Physician assistants/associates •Nurse practitioners Mentorship and teaching: The primary goal of the TNT PC fellowships is to provide mentorship and teaching in the area of primary care - psychiatry and addiction medicine. Trainees will learn: •How to complete an evidence-based and efficient psychiatric interview in the busy primary care or medical setting •How to effectively diagnose and treat commonly encountered psychiatric conditions such as mood, anxiety, psychotic, and substance misuse disorders •How to teach these principles to their primary care colleagues Note that these are not traditional or Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved fellowships.