Marin Community Clinics Case Study
About
In this webinar, members of the Marin Community Clinics (MCC) team will share their experience with implementing ACE screening and response in a Federally Qualified Health Center in the Bay Area. MCC, a pioneer in California since starting this work in 2017, is featured as a case study in the ACEs Aware Implementation How-to Guide and highlighted in previous “Implementation with Intention” webinars. Participants will have the opportunity to hear directly from MCC team members about their ACE screening implementation journey and to engage in a live question and answer session.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss lessons learned by a clinic in the field about strategies and promising practices to prepare your practice for ACE screening and response.
- Describe the key steps to integrate ACE screening and response in primary care settings.
- Identify potential challenges and solutions for implementation of ACE screening and response.
Professional Credit
- This activity provides the following types of credit: AMA, AAPA, APA, ANCC, ASWB, ABIM-MOC, ABP-MOC.
- 1.0 credits are available.
- Activity document
Featuring
Heyman Oo, MD, MPH is a primary care pediatrician who believes in taking a whole family, whole child approach to health. She is passionate about public health advocacy, social justice, reversing the effects of toxic stress and helping every child, regardless of social circumstances, reach their full potential.
Caren Schmidt, PsyD is the Associate Director of Behavioral Health at Marin Community Clinics (MCC). She has been a lead clinician on multiple grants addressing trauma and ACEs in healthcare settings over the past 7 years in her role at MCC. She is currently a co-lead on the PRACTICE (Preventing and Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)-Associated Health Conditions and Toxic Stress in Clinics through Community Engagement) grant. In collaboration with Dr. Oo, she designed and oversaw the roll out of screening and responding to ACEs across MCC clinics. Dr. Schmidt is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of childhood trauma and has 20+ years of experience working with underserved children and families. Prior to MCC she was the Director of Clinical Services at UCSF/ZSFGH Child and Adolescent Services and has been an appointed member of the Marin Child Care Commission. Dr. Schmidt attended Boston College and California School of Professional Psychology and completed her Post Doctoral Fellowship at the Trauma Center in Massachusetts.