Institutional incorporation of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in residency training: achieving a sustainable curriculum.
The success of implementing a screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) program within a medical residency program for sustainability is contingent upon a well-crafted training curriculum that incorporates substance abuse education and clinical practice skills. The goal of the Howard University (HU) SBIRT program is to train residents in providing culturally competent evidence-based screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment for patients who have a substance use disorder or who are at risk for developing the disorder. Utilizing the Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME) allows all residents to be trained in SBIRT techniques and receive continuing education in SBIRT and SBIRT-related topics through new resident orientation and the core lecture series. The utilization of Graduate Medical Education office has allowed a robust SBIRT training program to be implemented into medical residency education, contributing to the sustainability of SBIRT as a component of patient care.
Department of Pediatrics, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA. d_m_scott2@howard.edu
Denise M
DM
Scott
TyWanda
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McLaurin-Jones
Fannie D
FD
Brown
Robin
R
Newton
Vanessa J
VJ
Marshall
Nnenna
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Kalu
Gloria E
GE
Cain
Robert E
RE
Taylor
D002983:Clinical Competence; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000193:education*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders