Summary Report: 2022 Community Partner Focus Groups

January 6, 2023 | Announcements & News

In August and September of 2022, the BHSS project team facilitated four virtual focus group sessions to gather statewide feedback about the developing BHSS Clinical Training Program curriculum.

Focus group discussion data was distilled into the following meta-themes:

(a) rationale for the BHSS role;
(b) scope of practice of the BHSS;
(c) general competencies;
(d) curriculum development;
(e) supervision;
(f) risk management and challenges;
(g) credentialing and reimbursement; and
(h) relationship of BHSS to co-providers of service.

The Summary Report summarizes all group feedback within each meta-theme and BHSS project team comments on next steps.