Alan Gojdics, MEd is the Assistant Director of Workforce Development for the Integrated Care Training Program (ICTP) at the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He attended school at Ohio State and got his undergraduate degree in communications. He has worked primarily in the technology field.
Thirteen years ago, he took a job at the University of Washington focusing on scaling learning using technology. This spiked an interest in education, prompting him to get his graduate degree from the UW in education. He has always had some interest in mental health, and enjoys participating in health sciences and seeing the impact of mental health treatment.
He is currently working mainly on ICTP, as well as developing scale and effectiveness behavioral intervention training and looking at technology and improving the way providers are trained. He is attracted to collaborative care’s structured approach with the goal to get better outcomes for as many patients as possible. He believes his most important work has been to reexamine and improve core training for providers and its effectiveness and accessibility. Five years from now, he sees collaborative care as a mainstream presence in the primary care setting.