Advancing Skills Through Consultation, Education, and Novel Technologies

Description

This research study tests strategies to train behavioral health providers in Written Exposure Therapy (WET), an evidence-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There are a number of evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, most behavioral health providers have not received training in these PTSD treatments and do not offer them regularly to their patients. The researchers hope to learn about the optimal way to train behavioral providers in this type of treatment. This study is designed to determine the comparative effectiveness of different training strategies on key outcomes such as how much competency providers develop in the therapy and to how many patients they deliver the therapy. This study will help the researchers understand if we can help more providers learn to competently delivery Written Exposure Therapy by using strategies that are more convenient and cost less money, including web-based and AI-facilitated training supports. This study will also help us learn which training strategies work best for which providers so that in the future we can make personalized training recommendations.

Interventions

• Live workshop (Behavioral)
  Approximately 10 hours (excluding breaks) over 2 days with a live trainer via video conferencing (e.g., Zoom)
• AI-enhanced Web-based training (Behavioral)
  No live meetings, but approximately 8-10 hours of asynchronous training at the learner's pace over about 1 month.
• Consultation video calls (Behavioral)
  Twelve 1-hour calls with a live therapy consultant via videoconferencing (e.g., Zoom)
• TherapyTrainer (Behavioral)
  No live meetings, but approximately 12 hours of engaging with the AI training support tool (TherapyTrainer)

Eligibility criteria

Conditions

Locations

• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio — San Antonio, Texas, United States