Tuesday, May 6, 2025
5/6/2025
NP Substance Use Disorder Medical Education Project - Project Name: The NP Substance Use Disorder Medical Education Project (NP-SUDMedEd) Population(s) to Be Served: (demographics and clinical characteristics): Nurse Practitioner (NP) students enrolled in schools and universities with Nurse Practitioner education programs. Strategies/Interventions: The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) will work in partnership with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to expand the integration of substance use disorder (SUD) into the standard curriculum of NP programs through development and implementation of a high-quality, evidence-based online module for NP students. In implementing its proposed curriculums, ASAM will build on its extensive experience as the single largest provider of live and online education programs on addiction medicine. The nationally recognized ASAM Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine, an innovative educational program empowering primary care and other providers to diagnose and treat patients at risk for, or with, addiction, will be adapted for ASAM’s proposed NP-SUDMedEd curriculum. The curriculum will be piloted in year with 10 universities/schools with NP education programs and after modification as needed in year 2, with 10 additional universities/schools. Project Goals and Measurable Objectives: Goal: Reduce stigma around SUD and increase SUD treatment providers through development and piloting of a curriculum designed for university NP programs on identifying and treating of SUDs Objective 1: By 11/15/2019, develop curriculum on SUD treatment that includes components on: 1) screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) strategies; 2) assessment; and 3) treatment principles and their application particularly with regard to alcohol, marijuana, stimulants, and opioids. Objective 2: By 9/14/2020, pilot and ensure use of curriculum in at least 10 schools/universities with NP education programs. By 9/14/2021September 14, 2021, implement and ensure use of modified curriculum by 10 additional schools/universities with NP education programs. Objective 3: By 9/14/2020, collect data from participating NP students and educators to evaluate pilot curriculum and develop report that outlines needed curriculum modifications for Year 2. Objective 4: By 10/15/ 2020, modify curriculum based on Year 1 pilot evaluation and identification of recommended curriculum improvements. Objective 5: By 9/14/2021, work collaboratively with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) to integrate SUD questions into the certification process by inviting SUD content experts who meet qualification requirements to participate in AANPCB certification examination item-writing sessions. Number of People to Be Served Annually and Through Life of Project: 750 Nurse Practitioner students in year 1 and 750 in year 2 for a total of 1,500.
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