Kognito Healthcare e-Learnings

25% of American adults suffer from a diagnosable mental health disorder. Learn effective techniques to discuss mental health and substance use with adult patients in a primary care setting. 

At-Risk in Primary Care is a CE-certified online learning experience designed to prepare primary care providers to screen patients for mental health and substance use, perform brief interventions using motivational interviewing techniques, and refer patients to treatment. This simulation is structured around two clinical cases where users engage in role-play practice conversations with virtual patients.

At-Risk in Primary Care: Adolescents is an interactive role-play simulation that prepares primary care practitioners to talk with adolescent patients about mental health concerns, address thoughts of suicide, and coordinate referrals or follow-up care.

The goal of At-Risk in Primary Care: Adolescents is to improve the quality of adolescent mental health Screening and Brief Intervention.

Learning objectives:

• Integrate mental health in primary care
• Build rapport with patients using motivational interviewing techniques
• Broach and normalize the topic of mental health
• Ask patients about suicidal ideation and assess level of risk
• Coordinate referrals to treatment or follow-up care

SBI with Adolescents is an interactive role-play simulation where health professionals build and assess their skills in conducting substance use Screening & Brief Intervention (SBI) with adolescent patients and providing referrals to treatment when appropriate.

The goal of SBI with Adolescents is to improve the quality of substance use Screening and Brief Intervention.

Learning objectives:

• Screen patients using evidence-based tools
• Conduct brief interventions using motivational interviewing techniques
• Make collaborative action plans with patients
• Coordinate referrals to treatment or follow-up care

SBI with Adolescents: Comorbid Substance Use & Mental Health is an interactive role-play simulation that prepares healthcare providers to engage in adolescent patients with co-occurring substance use and mental health issues.

Learning objectives:

• Identify best practices for triaging adolescents with co-occurring substance use and mental health concerns
• Apply the Brief Negotiated Interview model when conducting brief interventions
• Apply motivational interviewing methods to reinforce change talk in brief interventions and manage a challenging patient encounter