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DRUG ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE: EDUCATION:
NIDA Launches New Substance Abuse Resources
to Help Fill Gaps in Medical Education
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:17:22 -0500
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Subject: NIDA Launches New Substance Abuse Resources
to Help Fill Gaps in Medical Education
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
<http://www.nida.nih.gov/>
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 6, 2009
CONTACT:
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Stephanie Older
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For Immediate Release
NIDA LAUNCHES NEW SUBSTANCE ABUSE RESOURCES
TO HELP FILL GAPS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
First Curriculum Offerings from NIDA Centers of Excellence for Physician
Information
The rigors of medical training sharpen a doctor's ability to diagnose and
treat a wide variety of human afflictions. However, drug abuse and
addiction are often insufficiently covered in medical school curricula,
despite the fact that drug use affects a wide range of health conditions
and drug abuse and addiction are themselves major public health issues.
To improve drug abuse and addiction training of future physicians, the
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes
of Health, today unveiled a series of new teaching tools, through its
Centers of Excellence for Physician Information Program (NIDA CoEs), at
the Association of American Medical Colleges 2009 Annual Meeting's
"Innovations in Medical Education" Exhibit in Boston.
The new NIDA CoE curriculum resources provide scientifically accurate
information on substance abuse, addiction and its consequences to help
meet the educational needs of medical students, residents and medical
school faculty. The first seven curriculum resources include lectures,
problem-based case studies, a faculty workshop, and a web module, any of
which can be incorporated into existing medical curricula.
"Physicians can be the first line of defense against substance abuse and
addiction, but they need the resources and the training," said NIDA
Director Dr. Nora D. Volkow. "Our long term goal is for doctors to
incorporate screening for drug use into routine practice like they
currently screen for other diseases; to help patients that are abusing to
stop; and to refer more serious cases to specialized treatment."
Three themes have emerged in this first wave of CoE offerings: the
importance of communication in the doctor-patient relationship,
particularly around sensitive issues; the recognition that substance abuse
may play an integral role in many disorders physicians treat, even when
not the presenting condition; and the crucial part physicians can play in
both identifying substance abuse in their patients and reducing their risk
of developing a substance use disorder.
For example, several CoE resources address prescription drug abuse among
chronic pain patients, which presents special issues for physicians, who
must balance adequate treatment with the risks of addiction.
"Our goal is to improve the quality of pain treatment and the safety of
prescribing opioids by increasing the knowledge and skills of medical
providers early in the educational process," emphasized Dr. Jeffrey Baxter
of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, developer of one of the
CoE resources.
By pairing substance abuse expertise with innovations in medical
education, these curriculum adjuncts can enhance substance abuse medical
education, help to remove the stigma associated with substance abuse, and
ultimately improve patient care.
The NIDA CoE program was created through a partnership with the American
Medical Association's medical education research collaborative, Innovative
Strategies for Transforming the Education of Physicians and includes the
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Tufts University School of
Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, the Harvard Medical
School/Cambridge Health Alliance, the University of North Dakota School of
Medicine and Health Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Drexel University
College of Medicine.
The NIDA CoE program is part of NIDAMED -- NIDA's ongoing commitment to
the medical community to provide scientifically accurate and useful
resources for addressing substance abuse in their patients. NIDAMED
offers a variety of tools, including an online interactive screening tool
to help doctors accurately assess their patient's substance use.
More information on the NIDA CoE resources can be found at:
<http://www.drugabuse.gov/coe>
Information on the NIDAMED program can be found at:
<http://www.nida.nih.gov/nidamed>
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