@article{10.22454/FamMed.2021.399314,
author = {Cantone, Rebecca E. and Hanneman, Nonda S. and Chan, Matthew G. and Rdesinski, Rebecca},
title = {Effects of Implementing an Interactive Substance Use Disorders Workshop on a Family Medicine Clerkship},
journal = {Family Medicine},
volume = {53},
number = {4},
year = {2021},
month = {4},
pages = {295-299},
doi = {10.22454/FamMed.2021.399314},
abstract = {Background and Objectives: Substance use disorders (SUD) remain a public health crisis and training has been insufficient to provide the skills necessary to combat this crisis. We aimed to create and study an interactive, destigmatizing, skills-based workshop for medical students to evaluate if this changes students’ self-reported knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward patients with SUD.
Methods: We surveyed students on a required family medicine outpatient rotation at a Pacific Northwest medical school during clerkship orientation on their views regarding SUDs utilizing the validated Drug and Drug Problems Perceptions Questionnaire containing a 7-point Likert scale. After attending a substance use disorder workshop, they repeated the survey. We calculated differences between the paired pre- to postsurveys.
Results: We collected the pre- and postdata for 118 students who attended the workshop and showed statistically significant positive differences on all items.
Conclusions: The positive change in the medical students’ reported attitudes suggests both necessity and feasibility in teaching SUD skills in a destigmatizing way in medical training. Positive changes also suggest a role of exposing students to family medicine and/or primary care as a strategy to learn competent care for patients with substance use disorders.},
URL = {https://journals.stfm.org//familymedicine/2021/april/cantone-2020-0244/},
eprint = {https://journals.stfm.org//media/3793/cantone-2020-0244.pdf},
}