Training family physicians in behavioral aspects of primary care: The psychologist's role.

Describes a comprehensive system for training general practice residents to integrate behavioral science knowledge into all aspects of their work. This system provides guidelines for information gathering, goal-oriented assessment, and treatment planning. A program used to train residents in this system is outlined. Results of a study evaluating this training show that residents were able to incorporate only the diagnostic phase of the system. Implications are discussed for the psychologist faculty member's role in such training. (14 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)