Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) seeks to address the largely unmet treatment needs of the 2.1 million Americans who have opioid use disorder (OUD), including the escalating numbers of Americans who are part of the opioid-overdose epidemic. To do so, NEOMED will work to ensure that all 150 of its College of Medicine students receive training in topics outlined in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, including DATA waiver training, and that they have opportunities to shadow physicians providing Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for OUD in clinical settings representing multiple specialties before completing their medical education. During the first year of the project period, an MAT Curricular Planning Team will work with NEOMED faculty and curricular subcommittees to identify the most appropriate College of Medicine course or clerkship for MAT didactic training. The planning team and the course or clerkship director will seek approval to integrate MAT didactics into the standard curriculum from the University’s Curriculum Management and Assessment Committee. The planning team will also identify community-based psychiatry, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics and emergency medicine sites that are providing treatment for OUD, including MAT, and that are open to hosting third-year medical students as part of their clerkship training. The planning team will oversee the implementation of the activities planned, developed and approved during the initial planning year in years two and three. Faculty members with appropriate credentials and experience will deliver MAT didactics to all medical students. The didactic will include the DATA waiver training and other topics outlined in CARA, and will place special emphasis on conveying information, such as addressing stigmas and misconceptions surrounding MAT, that allow physicians to be comfortable delivering MAT. All students will complete a self-assessment about skills and attitudes related to MAT and OUD before and after the didactic training, and they will indicate if they plan to apply for a DATA waiver when they are eligible to do. Students will shadow clinicians prescribing MAT during clerkships that cross multiple specialties and enhance their clinical skills related to MAT with standardized patients in simulated learning environments. NEOMED expects that these educational and training activities will help the physicians it trains – regardless of specialty – to be equipped to and comfortable with treating patients with MAT. NEOMED will survey its graduates after they complete residency training to determine how many apply for DATA waivers.
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