COMMITTEE REPORTS Continued.

SYSTEMS INNOVATION Continued.

e. We agreed to focus on a narrower number of specific ideas with some accountability added

1. Market to Public Psychiatric Fellows—Wes

2. Taking Issue Column in Psychiatric ServicesManish and Rachel

3. Make use of GAP Blog Posts: Michelle (incarceration), ask all authors to write a chapter summary. Wes and Julie

4. Seek podcast opportunities - all

5. Outreach to non-psychiatric target audience?

III. Working with Peer Professionals/Workforce

a. This needs to be part of a broader workforce development initiative, along with our work with NPs b. Agreement in principle to pursue a joint meeting with peer support organizations and Peer professionals c. Begin by collecting names of desired participants for a dialogue. Wes et al.

IV. Workforce Overview

a. Major rethinking of what the future MH workforce should look like should be considered.

b. Review the work of the Annapolis Coalition to see where we might differ, or find deficits, especially with regard to our current focus on NPs and peer professionals—All

V. Collaboration with MHRNPs

a. Following our initial conversation with NPs, two subgroups were formed: Training and Leadership b. Leadership has not gelled, but Training has had a couple of meetings. c. Problems in training were identified:

1. Variable quality of NP competence and training

2. Lack of opportunities for clinical experience and supervision d. There is some conflict between independence and autonomy of NPs and Collaboration with Psych MDs e. NP Community Psychiatry Fellowships

3. Lack of Standards and Accreditation of training programs.

4. Limited involvement of psychiatrists in supervision and training.

1. Julie described his work in establishing Fellowships for NPs

2. Some NPs are participating in Community Psychiatry fellowships (Ohio, Pennsylvania)

3. In NY, Julie has found that NPs are most eager to learn clinical skills rather than systems issues

4. General agreement that in reaching for our professions' mutual interest in the safety and wellbeing of our patients, our Committee's role is to support psychiatric nurse practitioners in the development of their identity and assist that evolution with the knowledge, skills, and experience of psychiatry.

5. Agreed to plan to use a portion of the Spring meeting to meet again with NP leaders to determine their views on the issues that they need help with and how psychiatrists could help- Hunter and Julie

6. Agreed to schedule an interim meeting in January/February to plan for NP meeting

VI. Integrative Community Therapy (ICT) a. Ken Thompson joined the meeting to describe ICT and its origins b. We discussed this and other mutual support modalities as part of a workforce plan c. Considered the role and training of facilitators in these processes. d. Noted tie in with peer supports as well. e. Place in the parking lot for the time being until an overall workforce plan is developed

V. Anti-Racism and the SMART (Self-Monitoring of Anti-Racism Tool) a. Discussed initiative to have GAP committees use the SMART to enhance anti-racism activity b. Described meeting with GAP President Cal Sumner and his support of this process c. Agreed to address this in the retreat occurring the following day. (Self-awareness and intentional anti-racism was identified as a major element of re-inventing GAP and the SMART was acknowledged as one method of moving this forward) d. Continue to work with Social Justice Committee to move this to the committees.—Sosunmolu