Oregon's Kognito program offers courses available for free to Oregon emergency department staff, primary care physicians working with adolescents, and school-based health center staff. The courses are provided through the Oregon Public Health Division, with funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
At-Risk in Primary Care: Adolescents
This course is on the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices. This 30 minute program is an online professional development simulation for primary healthcare professionals.
The training is intended to:
- Improve skill, knowledge, and attitudes in addressing behavioral and mental health with patients;
- Improve knowledge and skill when screening and assessing patients for substance use, depression, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts;
- Enable providers to conduct brief interventions using motivational interviewing to build trust and increase adherence and engagement in collaborative treatment planning; and
- Help providers refer patients to treatment services and follow up on referrals.
At-Risk in the Emergency Department
This is a 1 hour program available to all Oregon ED staff.
The program is an interactive role-play simulation for ED personnel that builds skills to:
- Screen patients for substance use, mental health disorders and suicide risk;
- Collaboratively discuss treatment plans using motivational interviewing techniques, and
- Refer patients to obtain further support.
Contact us for course access information.