Faculty development in small-group teaching skills associated with a training course on office-based treatment of opioid dependence.
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.
Wong
Jeffrey G
JG
Yale University School of Medicine, USA. wong@musc.edu.
Holmboe
Eric S
ES
Jara
Gail B
GB
Martin
Judith
J
Becker
William C
WC
Fiellin
David A
DA
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
D009294:Narcotics; D002047:Buprenorphine