Description: This presentation will provide an overview of the role of prescribing psychologists in the IHS and how their skill set naturally blended into primary care. This presentation will also examine some of the published research regarding how prescribing psychologists are viewed by primary care providers, as well as some studies that examined the outcome of having RxP legislation. Finally, this presentation will compare and contrast the training of prescribing psychologists vs. psychiatrists.

CEs: 1.0 CE Available
Program Level: Intermediate

Learning Objectives:

• The audience will be able to describe the services that are provided by the Indian Health Services (IHS) as well as identify the IHS as a potential career opportunity for prescribing psychologists
• The audience will be able to describe how having prescriptive authority amplifies existing clinical psychology skills to effectively practice in primary care
• The audience will be able to identify the needs of primary care providers and how prescribing psychologists can collaborate in their practice
• The audience will be able to analyze and utilize the findings from outcome data on RxP for legislative efforts
• The audience will be able to identify the similarities and differences of training and practice orientation between prescribing psychologists and psychiatrists and how this impacts a common argument against RxP

Speaker: Robert Chang, PhD., MSCP, ABMP