Pediatric Mental Health Practice Change: A Scalable Model for Training and Evaluation

Key Points

• To develop a model that improves readiness for delivering pediatric mental health care among primary care clinicians.
• Developed a Continuing Medical Education (CME) model for pediatric mental health training.
• Created a measurement tool to assess readiness and changes in practice.
• Evaluated the model's effectiveness in primary care settings.
• Demonstrated lasting improvements in clinician readiness for pediatric mental health care delivery.
• The measurement tool effectively captured changes in practice in a reliable manner.
• Provided a practical framework for evaluating pediatric mental health training initiatives.