A Qualitative Study on the Barriers to Learning in a Primary Care-Behavioral Health Integration Program in an Academic Hospital: the Family Medicine Perspective.

Objective: Integrating behavioral health services into the primary care setting is a recognized approach to improving timely access and building capacity for primary care providers. The aim of this study was to examine barriers to family medicine resident learning in a co-located primary care-behavioral health integration program with psychiatrists in an academic hospital.

Methods: The authors used a descriptive qualitative study design to collect data on participants' learning experiences from focus groups and semi-structured interviews with 5 family medicine residents, 3 psychiatry residents, 5 family physicians, 3 psychiatrists, 2 office coordinators, and 2 educational coordinators.

Developing a mentorship program for psychiatry residents.

Objective: The authors sought to evaluate a formal mentorship program for second-year psychiatry residents at the University of Toronto after the program's first year of implementation.

Methods: Ten mentees and ten faculty mentors were interviewed by fellow second-year residents and an independent researcher, respectively, about their experiences in the program. Interview data were thematically coded and analyzed using a grounded theory approach.