Predoctoral Training in Collaborative Primary Care: An Exam Room Built for Two

Psychologists have discovered new training and practice opportunities by collaborating with family physicians. This article describes a collaborative practicum experience in which predoctoral psychology students teamed with family medicine residents to provide care for family medicine outpatients. Psychology students improved their clinical skills and reported learning valuable collaborative skills. Family medicine residents increased their postpracticum mental health diagnoses and their mental health referrals and changed their attitudes about providing mental health care.