Fit and Feasibility: Adapting a Standardized Curriculum to Prepare Future Health Professionals to Address Alcohol Misuse

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane K. King ◽  
Lucía L. Neander ◽  
Alexandra E. Edwards ◽  
Jodi D. Barnett ◽  
Amanda L. Zold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Risky Alcohol ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Future Health Care ◽  
Health Professional Training ◽  
Curriculum Delivery

Standardized screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is effective when used by health care professionals to assess, educate, and intervene to address risky alcohol use. To accelerate SBIRT training within academic settings, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funded implementation of its SBIRT curriculum to promote its use by future health care professionals. We report on how SBIRT content was implemented within nursing, social work, psychology, and family medicine residency programs at a state university. The reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance (RE-AIM) evaluation framework was used to compare delivery of SBIRT curriculum across health professions. Survey data measured changes in student knowledge, confidence, and responsibility to use SBIRT for alcohol and drugs, pre- and post-SBIRT training. Twelve months postgraduation follow-up surveys examined maintenance of outcomes and SBIRT use in practice. Observational data explored fidelity and adaptations made to curriculum content and delivery logistics. Results indicated that instructor adoption, fidelity, and format varied across health professional training programs, with adaptations made to improve fit, role alignment, and cultural relevance. Despite variation in curriculum delivery, students demonstrated significant gains in knowledge and confidence, ( p < .001). Key implementation and maintenance challenges included time constraints, instructor buy-in, competing accreditation requirements, and costs for using the university simulation laboratory to practice SBIRT. Strengths supporting maintenance included flexibility to adapt curriculum, department champions, and electronic resources to support curriculum delivery. Results suggest that adaptations maximizing the feasibility and fit of SBIRT within existing courses enhanced its adoption and maintenance potential without sacrificing effectiveness.

The Mini-Med School and Its Impact on Future Health Care Professionals' Attitudes toward Indigenous People

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 2043-2054
Author(s):  
Christophe Moderie ◽  
Éric Drouin ◽  
Richard Rioux ◽  
Anne-Sophie Thommeret-Carrière ◽  
Sébastien Béland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Future Health Care

LIFE SPAN GERIATRIC INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM FOR PREPARING FUTURE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

1994 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverley E. Holland ◽  
Kay T. Roberts ◽  
Arthur Van Stewart ◽  
John C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Interdisciplinary Curriculum ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Future Health Care

scholarly journals Myths and misconceptions related to CoVID-19 among future health care providers in a private University of Islamabad - An interventional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
Sajida Naseem ◽  
Zahid Naeem ◽  
Hiba Choudhry ◽  
Ghanwa Bereach ◽  
Saima Rafi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
P Value ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Health Awareness ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Future Health Care

Background: Erroneous treatments are hovering all over the internet and social media due to non-existence of the ultimate treatment to CoVID-19. There is a need to disseminate correct knowledge and encourage practices based on evidence, which can successfully prevent the spread of this deadly global pandemic. Objectives: The objective of the study was to explore the myths and misconceptions related to CoVID-19 pandemic in a pre and post health awareness workshop among the future health care professionals in a private medical university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Methodology: A quasi experimental study was carried out in March, 2020 over a period of two weeks at Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad. The participants included undergraduate medical, nursing and pharmaceutical sciences students, making a total sample size of 315. Simple random sampling was used. Data was collected using a self-designed questionnaire exploring the myths and misconceptions. A pre and post health awareness workshop was conducted and questionnaires filled by the participants. Data was analyzed using SPSS 23. Result: A change in the frequency of concepts related to myths and misconceptions was observed following the health awareness session, results were statistically significant using McNemar’s test in context to majority of the myths and misconceptions, p-value < 0.05. Conclusion:  Health education has very important role in public health especially in times when the health problem is novel. In such situations, emphasis should be paid on the health education as it can modify the behavior regarding myths and misconceptions which can contribute to decrease in morbidity and mortality.

Assessing the 2010 Affordable Care Act: Perspectives of Future Health Care Professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heide Castañeda ◽  
Nolan Kline ◽  
Mackenzie Rapp ◽  
Nicole Demetriou ◽  
Naheed Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Future Health ◽  
President Obama ◽  
Patient Protection ◽  
National Debate ◽  
Social Security Act ◽  
Future Health Care ◽  
The 1960S

In March of 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (known together as the Affordable Care Act or ACA). The largest legislative overhaul of the US health care system since the expansion of the Social Security Act in the 1960s, it invoked a fierce national debate about the elements required for reform. Many of the ACA's provisions do not take effect until 2014, creating a unique liminal space after passage but before implementation in which uncertainties and anxieties are expressed. This gulf between the intentions of policy and the results of implementation can lead to productive moments of investigation. Since they will undoubtedly be impacted by this legislation, this research examined the perspectives of future healthcare professionals who will enter the workforce around the time the ACA is fully implemented.

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