title: Faculty development in small-group teaching skills associated with a training course on office-based treatment of opioid dependence.
abstract: The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA-2000) allows qualified physicians to treat opioid-dependent patients with schedule III-V medications, such as buprenorphine, in practices separate from licensed, accredited opioid treatment programs. Physicians may attain this qualification by completing 8-hours of training in treating opioid dependence. This paper describes the evaluation of a faculty development workshop designed to enhance teaching skills of small-group facilitators involved with DATA-2000 training sessions. This workshop coached the facilitators on their teaching roles in the DATA-2000 session through experiential practice of patient- case discussions related to treatment of opioid-dependence. Descriptive questionnaires evaluated the value of the workshop. Twenty-six facilitators participated in the workshops. Paired mean score responses for specific teaching skill abilities demonstrated statistically significant improvement in all categories. Evaluation of the DATA-2000 training session small-group facilitators was uniformly positive. This faculty development workshop was successful in improving teaching skills for our small-group faculty facilitators.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, USA. wong@musc.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Holmboe
authors.forename: Gail B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Jara
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fiellin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002047:Buprenorphine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D002047:Buprenorphine