title: A teachable moment for the teachable moment? A prospective study to evaluate delivery of a workshop designed to increase knowledge and skills in relation to alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) amongst final year nursing and occupational therapy undergraduates.
abstract: The perceived value of Alcohol Brief Interventions as a tool to address alcohol misuse in Scotland has supported the establishment of a Health Improvement, Efficiency, Access and Treatment, HEAT: H4 Standard to deliver ABIs within certain health care settings. This requires that nursing, medical and allied health professionals are appropriately skilled to deliver these interventions. This study explores the knowledge and attitudes regarding alcohol misuse and related interventions among two cohorts of final year nursing and occupational therapy undergraduate students before, during and following participation in a workshop devoted to ABI delivery. While relatively good knowledge around recommended limits for daily consumption was evident, this did not translate into competence relating to drink unit content. Although there was overwhelming agreement for the role of each profession in ABI delivery, less than half of students in each cohort at the outset of the workshop agreed that they had the appropriate knowledge to advise patients about responsible drinking. In both cohorts, at the three month follow-up stage, this percentage had almost doubled. Newly qualified practitioners perceived a wider role for motivational interviewing, and endorsed interactive delivery of alcohol education throughout all levels of the curriculum.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, QMU Drive, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 6UU, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: fomay@qmu.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: O'May
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Care, (Sighthill Campus) Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, EH11 4BN, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: J.Gill@napier.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.affiliation: NHS Lothian Health Promotion Service, Canaan Park, Astley Ainslie Hospital, 133 Grange Loan, Edinburgh, EH9 2HL, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: Eleanor.mcwhirter@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McWhirter
authors.affiliation: Occupational Therapies and Arts Therapies, School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, QMU Drive, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 6UU, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: Skantartzis@qmu.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kantartzis
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, EH10 5HF, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: cheryl.rees@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.affiliation: NHS Lothian Health Promotion Service, Canaan Park, Astley Ainslie Hospital, 133 Grange Loan, Edinburgh, EH9 2HL, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: Kerry.Murray@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Kerry
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D012606:Scotland; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000523:psychology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Alcohol brief interventions; Curriculum; Preregistration; Undergraduate students