Education and Training

The mission of the PCPCC Education and Training Task Force is to promote the preparation of a well-trained workforce to provide patient centered, integrated, collaborative primary health care.  The competencies of this workforce include those fundamental to the participating health professions, with a specific focus on the following as essential to services in settings such as the patient centered medical home: 

• Development of effective, caring relationships with patients
• Assessment of bio psychosocial needs across the life span
• Patient-centered care planning, including collaborative decision-making and patient self-management
• Cultural sensitivity and competence in culturally appropriate practice
• Interprofessionalism and interdisciplinary team collaboration 
• Team leadership
• Care coordination for comprehensive care of patient and family in the community
• Evidence-based practice
• Assessment of patient outcomes
• Quality improvement methods, including assessment of patient experience for use in practice-based improvement efforts
• Health information technology, including e-communications with patients and other providers
• Promotion of appropriate access to care (e.g., group appointments, open scheduling)
• Population-based approaches to health care delivery
• Risk identification
• Advocacy for patient-centered integrated care
• Business models for patient–centered integrated care

The Task Force has endorsed the Educational Principles of the Patient Centered Medical Home (pdf) and the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (pdf) as representing the basic competencies for health professionals practicing in the medical home and the components for interprofessionalism.