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Center for Integrated Primary Care at UMass Chan Medical School

19+ Years  ·  3,500+ Learners  ·  Interprofessional  ·  Nationally Recognized 




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Customized learning paths

Need targeted clinical skills without committing to a full multi-month program right away? Build your own custom learning path. Take individual, bite-sized modules to solve your immediate practice challenges—or bundle them.

The Center for Integrated Primary Care (CIPC) offers individual modules to better serve the real-world constraints and learning needs of busy healthcare professionals. These are the same modules in the full PCBH certificate program.

  • Flexibility for Busy Schedules: Some clinicians often don't have time to complete a full 36-hour PCBH certificate program all at once due to demanding patient care schedules. Individual modules allow learners to move at their own pace without a long-term time commitment.

  • Just-in-Time Skill Acquisition: Providers frequently encounter specific clinical challenges in primary care—such as handling acute suicidality, navigating EHR documentation, or applying single-session interventions. Buying standalone modules allows clinicians to target exact knowledge gaps immediately when they need them for practice.

  • Lower Financial Barrier: Offering modules individually makes high-quality training accessible to clinicians working with limited professional development budgets or out-of-pocket funds.

  • Modular, Stackable Learning: Learners can try a single topic first to evaluate the curriculum before committing to additional parts or bundle multiple modules into one transaction to save money.

The breakdown

  • The modules are broken into 3 different parts. You can select any module(s) in any part that interests you. After enrollment, you will have 3 months of access to the module. We use the learning management system (LMS), Canvas
  • Each module is $125
  • Each module is about 1 hour in length
  • You will have access to one optional drop-in Office Hours via Zoom
  • Modules are on-going open enrollment - you can enroll at any time and begin right away

 What modules are available?

 
Part 1: Fundamentals of Practice in Primary Care
These modules recognize the skills of specialty mental health clinicians and help translate prior knowledge and experience into the fast-paced, evidence-based, generalist culture of primary care. Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) includes a range of topics from orientation to integrated behavioral health models, working on a primary care team with physicians and nurses, and addressing cultural influences on health care. View list of modules

Part 2: Care of Patients with Complex & Chronic Concerns
These modules emphasize behavior change and trauma-informed approaches as foundational principles. Learners strengthen their ability to collaborate with primary care clinicians around medication management, chronic medical and mental health conditions, and the care of patients at risk of suicide. The course centers on aligning care with patient values, supporting longitudinal relationships, and functioning effectively as a member of a primary care team. View list of modules

Part 3: Integrated Psychotherapy Approaches in Primary Care (place holder)
These modules adapt core psychotherapy frameworks for fast-paced primary care. Master brief, evidence-based interventions—from ACT and CBT to single-session techniques and family-centered tools—tailored for brief clinical visits. View list of modules
 
 



Course director and faculty

Daniel Mullin, PsyD, MPH  

Daniel Mullin, PsyD, MPH, is the Director of the Center for Integrated Primary Care, a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School, and a Professor at the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing. Dr. Mullin is a clinician, educator, and researcher focused on the integration of behavioral health and primary care services. He maintains a clinical practice at the Barre Family Health Center, a rural family medicine residency practice in Massachusetts.

"After spending time in primary care, I couldn't imagine practicing any other way."

— Daniel Mullin, PsyD, MPH, Course Director

The Certificate Program is taught by more than 20 faculty, including national leaders in integrated behavioral health and primary care. Every faculty member is a practicing clinician with direct experience caring for patients in integrated settings.



What our alumni say
First launched in 2007 · 36 CE credits · 20+ expert faculty · 3,480 learners

"Overall, these modules made me reflect on many things I didn't know and that are completely new for me, even though I have been working in the mental health field in traditional settings for over 20 years." 
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Part 1, Spring 2026

"I loved learning about medical note taking as a BHP it was VERY helpful!"
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Part 1, Spring 2026

"I had never worked in primary health care before. I spent many years working in traditional mental health, and it's a drastic change for me, but I like this model more."
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Part 1, Spring 2026

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Since 2007, the Certificate Program in Primary Care Behavioral Health has prepared behavioral health clinicians across the United States for productive and rewarding practice in primary care. Program completers join a community of behavioral health clinicians practicing in integrated primary care settings across the country. 



 
 
🎯 Learn Your Way 🎯
Own Your PCBH Learning Path
 
 
 

Have questions about the Certificate Program? Email us at cipc@umassmed.edu


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