Thursday, May 2, 2024
5/2/2024
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Expansion of Osteopathic Medical Education and Curriculum on Substance Use Disorder (EOMEC) is designed to improve best practices and education of medical students (potential primary care physicians) on identifying patients with Substance Use Disorder (SUD), increasing knowledge on Medication-Assisted Treatment, and reducing stigma among SUD patients in the underrepresented minorities and underserved communities. As a result of the epidemic of substance use disorder (SUD) facing our country and specifically our communities in New York State, EOMEC is tailored to provide evidence-based medical knowledge and tools necessary to improve best practices to manage substance abuse behaviors, facilitate positive behavioral changes, and provide appropriate treatments to vulnerable and at risk population in our communities, Harlem and Middletown in New York and Orange Counties respectively. With the growing rate of SUD among our communities, and inadequate number of well-trained and certified physicians on treatment of SUD in the healthcare system, earlier training and introduction of these potential physicians to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and best practices in managing SUD via EOMEC will increase the number of trained and certified physicians that can identify and increase awareness on SUD cases, address the needs of people at risk, and reduce stigma from SUD in the community. EOMEC will foster the preparation of these future physicians to function as traditionally¬ trained primary care providers who are able to provide evidence-based medical care in terms of MAT to patients in various primary care specialties. EOMEC potentially is projected to produce meaningful results that influence physician clinical behaviors and promote best practices that will lead to better and improved evidence-based practice. All EOMEC training participants will be evaluated at the completion of both the didactic and clinical training module as well post-graduation.
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