EMSOP’s Clinical Assistant Professor Thomas Bateman, PharmD, BCACP, was an invited speaker at a public workshop in July 2024 hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASWM): Addressing Workforce Challenges Across the Behavioral Health Continuum of Care. The workshop explored needs and challenges in different settings of behavioral health care, such as primary care, schools, and social services agencies, and examined strategies to improve the infrastructure needed to provide greater access to quality mental health care services. Among the invited speakers was ACCP member Thomas Bateman, Pharm.D., BCACP, presenting on the role of clinical pharmacy in mental health management, particularly in populations that are underserved.
Dr. Bateman serves as the lead clinical pharmacist at the federally qualified health center, Henry J. Austin in Trenton, and the program director for the PGY2 ambulatory care residency program. He discussed the integration of clinical pharmacists and pharmacy navigators into the primary care team to strengthen ambulatory care.
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