TY - JOUR KW - British Columbia KW - Humans KW - Mental Disorders/therapy KW - Physicians, Family/education KW - Primary Health Care KW - Professional Role AU - R. Weinerman AU - H. Campbell AU - M. Miller AU - J. Stretch AU - L. Kallstrom AU - H. Kadlec AU - M. Hollander A1 - AB - This article describes a new and innovative training program to assist family physicians to better care for their patients with mental health conditions. Trained family physician leaders train other family physicians. The training package includes a wide range of tools that can be used by physicians in their own offices. Preliminary results indicate that physicians want to be trained, and data indicate a high degree of success for the training module. Some 91% of physicians who attended the training indicated that it had improved their practice, and 94% indicated that it had improved patient care. The training materials are online for those who wish to learn more. BT - Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.) C5 - Education & Workforce CP - 1 CY - Canada IS - 1 JF - Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.) N2 - This article describes a new and innovative training program to assist family physicians to better care for their patients with mental health conditions. Trained family physician leaders train other family physicians. The training package includes a wide range of tools that can be used by physicians in their own offices. Preliminary results indicate that physicians want to be trained, and data indicate a high degree of success for the training module. Some 91% of physicians who attended the training indicated that it had improved their practice, and 94% indicated that it had improved patient care. The training materials are online for those who wish to learn more. PP - Canada PY - 2011 SN - 1710-2774; 1710-2774 SP - 36 EP - 38 EP - T1 - Improving mental healthcare by primary care physicians in British Columbia T2 - Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.) TI - Improving mental healthcare by primary care physicians in British Columbia U1 - Education & Workforce U2 - 21301237 VL - 14 VO - 1710-2774; 1710-2774 Y1 - 2011 ER -