Residency Program

Behavioral Medicine PGY 1 Curriculum

Knowledge Objectives

• Patient centered relationship
• Behavior Change Model
• BATHE technique

Skills Objectives

• Assessment of stage of change
• Assessment of motivation and confidence for behavior change
• Assessment of psychosocial stressors
• Use of BATHE technique
• Genogram construction
• Genogram Interpretation

Attitudes Objectives

Increased awareness of the:

• Value of a patient centered approach
• Value of a non-authoritarian style
• Value of the Biopsychosocial model

Educational Strategies

• Principles of Family Medicine 4 half days
• Change Model Workshop
• Construction and presentation of own genogram
• Longitudinal Conferences
• Cards (BATHE, assessment of readiness, assessment of importance and confidence)

Evaluation

Review of videotaped medical visits