Using standardized patients as a means of training and evaluating behavioral health consultants in primary care.

The use of simulated patients to evaluate BHC adherence to the PCBH model was helpful for training and adds to the workforce development literature. The authors suggest that doing practice based research will always entail unanticipated needs that interfere with quantitative research but that there are ways in which researchers can attempt to anticipate these changes. Review of possible applications to community PCBH practice is included. (PsycINFO Database Record