Evaluation of an Experiential Curriculum for Addiction Education Among Medical Students

Barron, Rebecca; Frank, Erica; Gitlow, Stanley E.

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“…This seems to coincide with other studies remarking the importance of training (Barron et al, 2012a;Karam-Hage et al, 2001). In contrast, year of training did not correlate with any of the other dimensions.…”

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Assessing knowledge and attitudes towards addictions in medical residents of a general hospital

Barral

Eiroá-Orosa

Navarro-Marfisis

et al. 2014

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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AimsAddiction treatment training has been recognized to be an essential part of the curriculum in psychiatry and general medicine. Our objective in this study was to measure the knowledge and attitudes towards addictions among medical residents of a general hospital in Catalonia, Spain. MethodWithin a sample of medical residents, we administered a questionnaire based on previous literature including attitudes towards patients with drug use problems, evaluation of knowledge and beliefs about harm reduction policies. Additionally, basic professional data, and personal as well as family consumption history were recorded. FindingsFour dimensions were found within the beliefs of medical residents about drug treatment and training: judgement of medical treatment of addictions and harm reduction, attitudes toward patients, importance given to training and assessment of training received. When correlating these dimensions with personal characteristics, we found those residents with personal or family history of drug use to have higher positive attitudes towards patients with addictions, and also better predisposition towards harm reduction policies. Residents working with these patients tended to give more importance to training and knowledge, and to have a better perception of the training already received, compared with residents without this contact. ConclusionsAlthough residents working often with addicted patients appear to have positive attitudes towards addiction treatment, according to our results, it seems very important to improve Cite as: Barral, C., Eiroa-Orosa, F. J., Navarro-Marfisis, M. C., . Assessing knowledge and attitudes towards addictions in medical residents of a general hospital. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 22(6), 457-462. http://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2014.987218 3 training policies, awareness and attitudes towards addiction among the whole medical community.

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Assessing knowledge and attitudes towards addictions in medical residents of a general hospital

Barral

Eiroá-Orosa

Navarro-Marfisis

et al. 2014

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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“…Moreover, courses have also been shown to induce more professional perceptions of and attitude toward patients with SUDs [36,37,38,39,41,42,43,44]. These studies cover the full range of undergraduate level [32,36,38,40], general physician level [37,39,40,42,43,44,45] and addiction specialist level [41]. However, several questions remain unanswered: What teaching methods are most effective in improving knowledge, skills and attitude related to addiction medicine and what should an addiction medicine curriculum comprise?…”

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“…Several studies have shown that even short courses could increase knowledge on addiction medicine [36,37,38,39,40]. Moreover, courses have also been shown to induce more professional perceptions of and attitude toward patients with SUDs [36,37,38,39,41,42,43,44]. These studies cover the full range of undergraduate level [32,36,38,40], general physician level [37,39,40,42,43,44,45] and addiction specialist level [41].…”

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Effectiveness and Organization of Addiction Medicine Training Across the Globe

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Background: Over the past decade, addiction medicine training curricula have been developed to prepare physicians to work with substance use disorder patients. This review paper aimed at (1) summarizing scientific publications that outline the content of addiction medicine curricula and (2) evaluating the evidence for efficacy for training in addiction medicine. Methods: We carried out a literature search on articles about addiction medicine training initiatives across the world, using PubMed, PsychINFO and EMBASE with the following search terms ‘substance abuse, addiction medicine, education and training.' Results: We found 29 articles on addiction medicine curricula at various academic levels. Nine studies reported on the need for addiction medicine training, 9 described addiction medicine curricula at various academic levels, and 11 described efficacy on addiction medicine curricula. Conclusions: Several key competences in addiction medicine were identified. Efficacy studies show that even short addiction medicine training programs can be effective in improving knowledge, skills and attitudes related to addiction medicine. A more uniform approach to addiction medicine training in terms of content and accreditation is discussed.

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“…Attendants of universities are one of the most valuable and important parts of medical science universities (1). Duties expected of each attendant in these universities are categorized into seven sections: instruction, research, visiting patients, management, professional activities out of the university, personal promotion and civil activity (2).…”

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Evaluation of the Importance of Effective Teaching Method Indicators From Dental Students' Prospects

Yarmohammadi

Jazayeri²,

Khamverdi³

et al. 2013

Avicenna J Dent Res

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Background:Teaching and educating students is one of the most important responsibilities of teachers. Polling from students is an important method to determine indicators for effective teaching. Objectives:The purpose of the current study was to determine indicators of effective teaching from the point of view of dental students of the Dental Faculty of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods:In this Cross-sectional study, there were 205 student participants from the dental faculty of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. The valid and reliable researcher made questionnaire consisted of individual characteristics, teaching methods, knowledge and the power of communication. Data were analyzed by descriptive methods using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) v. 13. Results: In the field of knowledge, teaching method, power of communication and individual characteristics the priorities were subject predomination with average of 1.52, clear transmission with the average of 1.80, fair assessment with the average of 4.12 and fluent explanation with the average of 3.42, respectively. Conclusions: Based on the students perspective, the most important aspect of effective teaching was teaching method. Having the ability in the subject clear transmission, being fair and clear communication were the priorities in each aspect. Keywords:Dentistry; Medical Education; Dental Students; Teaching MethodImplication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: As students have critical role in university, promotion of dental education could improve the oral health status of society.Copyright © 2013, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. BackgroundAttendants of universities are one of the most valuable and important parts of medical science universities (1). Duties expected of each attendant in these universities are categorized into seven sections: instruction, research, visiting patients, management, professional activities out of the university, personal promotion and civil activity (2). Among these duties, the most important is giving instructions to the students, and its quality influences the improvement of motivation, joy, creativity, efficacy of the attendant and the student (3). If we suppose an education system, which includes programs, methods and supported material for achieving definite instructional goals, a classroom would be a place in which all instructional and teaching programs and all financial, physical and human measurements lead to the success of students in learning knowledge and skills (4). It is obvious that students and attendants are two basic and fundamental parts of an educational system in a classroom (5). One of the major problems in universities education systems is the lack of effective teaching inclinators. Effective teaching ...

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Evaluation of an Experiential Curriculum for Addiction Education Among Medical Students

Abstract: Undergraduate medical educational interventions combining traditional and experiential programming may render participants better equipped than peers receiving only traditional education to address addiction as physicians.

Cited by 27 publications

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Assessing knowledge and attitudes towards addictions in medical residents of a general hospital

Assessing knowledge and attitudes towards addictions in medical residents of a general hospital

Effectiveness and Organization of Addiction Medicine Training Across the Globe

Evaluation of the Importance of Effective Teaching Method Indicators From Dental Students' Prospects

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