An Interprofessional Education Pilot Program on Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Improves Student Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes

BackgroundRecent efforts to prepare healthcare professionals to care for patients/clients with substance use problems have incorporated SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) into graduate education programs. No research has examined the benefits and methods of an SBIRT interprofessional education approach for behavioral health graduate students and medical residents. This pilot study examined the implementation of an interprofessional curriculum on SBIRT to improve attitudes, abilities, skills, and knowledge of learners planned by faculty from multiple professions at a state university.MethodsFaculty in Counseling, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nursing and Social Work departments collaborated to develop an interprofessional curriculum delivered through a small-group and active learning approach. Seventy-one residents and graduate students participated. Pre- and post-training surveys measured self-perceived attitudes, abilities, and skills along with objectively measured knowledge. Analysis examined pre- to post-training changes in scores.ResultsPre-training surveys yielded an 89% response rate; post-training, 85%. Self-perceived attitudes did not change significantly, except a 20% increase in how rewarded learners felt while working with patients/clients with alcohol/drug use disorders (P < .01). Compared to baseline, there was a statistically significant increase in all items of self-perceived ability (P<.01) and all items of self-perceived communication skills (P<=.04). Knowledge mean scores also increased significantly (P < .001) across both primary care and behavioral health learner groups.ConclusionsInterprofessional training in SBIRT produced improvements in ability, skills, knowledge, and some attitudes. Such programs may inform providers who care for patients/clients with substance use problems, thus improving their competence and personal experience.

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SACRED Connections: A university-tribal clinical research partnership for school-based screening and brief intervention for substance use problems among Native American youth

Indigenous Health Equity and Wellness ◽

10.4324/9781003152279-10 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 154-167

Author(s):

Staci L. Morris ◽

Michelle M. Hospital ◽

Eric F. Wagner ◽

John Lowe ◽

Michelle G. Thompson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Native American ◽

Clinical Research ◽

Brief Intervention ◽

Native American Youth ◽

Research Partnership ◽

Screening And Brief Intervention ◽

School Based ◽

Substance Use Problems

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SACRED connections: a university-tribal clinical research partnership for school-based screening and brief intervention for substance use problems among Native American Youth

Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work ◽

10.1080/15313204.2020.1770654 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Staci L. Morris ◽

Michelle M. Hospital ◽

Eric F. Wagner ◽

John Lowe ◽

Michelle G. Thompson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Native American ◽

Clinical Research ◽

Brief Intervention ◽

Native American Youth ◽

Research Partnership ◽

Screening And Brief Intervention ◽

School Based ◽

Substance Use Problems

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Barriers for implementing an intervention for substance using adolescents when adding a parent component

Gaceta Médica de Caracas - Supplement 1 ◽

10.47307/gmc.2021.129.s1.13 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 129 (s1) ◽

pp. 110-114

Author(s):

Kalina Isela Martínez Martínez ◽

María Eugenia Contreras-Pérez ◽

Eric F. Wagner

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Behavior Problems ◽

Brief Intervention ◽

Intervention Program ◽

Protective Factor ◽

Family Context ◽

Intervention Process ◽

Substance Use Problems ◽

The Family ◽

Parent Component

Research has shown that an intervention process with adolescents involving the parents may achieve better results since the interaction with the parents is a protective factor itself. The brief intervention program for adolescents starting substance use is an intervention used in Mexican clinical centers with adolescents who have experienced problems with their substance use but do not present dependency symptoms. The family context is key to the genesis and progression of behavior problems, including substance use, among children and adolescents. An intervention process that involves parents may achieve better results in preventing substance use problems in adolescents

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Specialty Behavioral Health Service Use Among Chronically Ill Medicare Advantage Patients With Substance Use Problems

Psychosomatics ◽

10.1016/j.psym.2013.05.008 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 54 (6) ◽

pp. 546-551 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Hsiang Huang ◽

Ya-Fen Chan ◽

Amy M. Bauer ◽

Joji Suzuki ◽

Wayne Katon ◽

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Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Health Service ◽

Behavioral Health ◽

Service Use ◽

Chronically Ill ◽

Behavioral Health Service ◽

Health Service Use ◽

Medicare Advantage ◽

Substance Use Problems

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Development of an Interprofessional Training Education Program in Geriatrics

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1598 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 494-495

Author(s):

Sam Cotton ◽

Anna Faul ◽

Pamela Yankeelov ◽

Joe D’Ambrosio

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Social Work ◽

Behavioral Health ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Interprofessional Education ◽

Core Competencies ◽

Student Knowledge ◽

Problem Solving Therapy ◽

Certificate Program ◽

Interprofessional Training

Abstract This study examines the development of an interprofessional training certificate program that prepares social work learners to infuse geriatrics and behavioral health into primary care settings. Since 2018, our program has trained 31 social work learners and 16 learners from counseling psychology and nursing. At the core of the certificate program is an emphasis on developing skills focused on the integration of geriatrics, behavioral health and primary care to address the lack of workforce trained at the intersection of these areas. Each series of workshop is aligned with core competencies that address the 4-M Model of Age-Friendly Health Care and SAMSHA’s Core Competencies in Behavioral Health. Our professional certificate includes training in Motivational interviewing, as well as Cognitive behavioral therapy, Mindfulness based cognitive therapy and Problem-solving therapy, Narrative Therapy, Strategic Therapy, Systemic Therapy, Life Review and Reminiscence Therapy. Additionally, students receive professionalization trainings to help prepare them for the job market. To measure the efficacy of this curriculum program, we examined the outcomes related to student knowledge of geriatrics and behavioral health including knowledge attainment, fidelity to modalities, learner self-efficacy, and learner satisfaction. The results of this study showed that integrating interprofessional education into social work settings can lead to positive outcomes for student knowledge, self-efficacy and learning satisfaction. Additionally, we found that having a curriculum that focused on interprofessional teams contributed to higher self-efficacy in completing tasks compared to previous cohorts. This has implications for the way that we conceptualization the use of interprofessional education.

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Assessment of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Training to Interprofessional Health-Care Students

SAGE Open Nursing ◽

10.1177/2377960819834132 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 237796081983413 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Helen C. Pervanas ◽

Eric Landry ◽

Douglas R. Southard ◽

Pamela P. DiNapoli ◽

Paula Smith ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

At Risk ◽

Substance Abuse ◽

Substance Use ◽

Substance Use Disorder ◽

Brief Intervention ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Interprofessional Education ◽

The United States ◽

Health Care Students

Substance abuse and addiction are responsible for an assortment of health and financial concerns in the United States. Tools to identify and assist at-risk persons before they develop a substance use disorder are necessary. Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) can be utilized by health-care professionals to identify those at risk to minimize health-related complications and the potential of developing a substance use disorder. The primary objective of this study was to provide educational training sessions on SBIRT to health-care students utilizing interprofessional education activities and assess perceptions of the training sessions and activities with regard to confidence to utilize SBIRT in at-risk patients and overall student satisfaction with SBIRT instruction. The research protocol enrolled students of pharmacy, nursing, medicine, behavioral health, and physician assistant studies who received interprofessional SBIRT training. Students completed an anonymous posttraining online survey, measuring student perceptions of knowledge gained and confidence to utilize training. A total of 303 students completed the SBIRT training. Approximately 70% of students were satisfied with the training materials, instruction, quality, and experience. After training, 78% were confident that they could perform screening for substance abuse, conduct a brief intervention (80%), and when to refer to treatment (71%). A total 73% of students reported that the asynchronous online-based activity was extremely effective in increasing knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of other disciplines and providing opportunities to interact with students from other health professions. Interprofessional education-trained students from multiple health-care disciplines feel comfortable performing SBIRT to identify persons at risk for substance misuse in practice.

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