Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (RVSOM) proposes the creation and implementation of a comprehensive Osteopathic Provider Clinical Support System curriculum that will train students about substance use disorder treatment early in their medical school career through both didactic and clinical training opportunities. The ultimate goal of this project will be to reduce stigma and increase access to SUD screenings, assessments, and services within the southern New Jersey region, with a particular emphasis on prescribing medications for alcohol and opiate use disorders. The population of focus for this project will be medical students at RVSOM. The geographic catchment area of this project will include the two medical school campuses of RVSOM, located in the Camden and Gloucester counties of New Jersey. In addition to providing didactic training at RVSOM locations, our project will provide training placements and reach regional health system locations in Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties. There is a significant need for future physicians in our region to be educated on best practices for SUD treatment, stigma reduction, and equitable access to SUD care. The four South Jersey counties in our geographic catchment area for this project have among the highest rates of drug overdose deaths in the state, with Atlantic, Salem, Camden, Cumberland, and Gloucester counties ranked #1, #3, #4, #5, and #6 for drug overdose deaths per 100,000 in New Jersey.1 Over 85% of RVSOM students are residents of New Jersey and over 50% practice in the state after graduation. Over 80% of these students go on to practice in either family medicine or another primary care specialty. As a result, there is a high probability that RVSOM students will encounter a patient with a substance use problem as part of their primary care practice after graduation. Increasing the number of osteopathic physicians trained by RVSOM to identify and treat patients with substance use disorders during primary care visits using the proposed curriculum will help to address the treatment gap in New Jersey and improve outcomes throughout our region. The goals of this project are to 1) Develop an Osteopathic Provider Clinical Support System curriculum to introduce osteopathic medical students and other health professions students to SUD treatment principles using a long-term illness and recovery management model, 2) Create Osteopathic Provider Clinical Support System curricular materials and develop strategies to increase reach and accessibility, and 3) Implement the Osteopathic Provider Clinical Support System curriculum among all medical students at Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, and expand the reach of the program by making materials available to additional osteopathic medical schools, other health professions students, and professionals in regional healthcare systems. The Osteopathic Provider Clinical Support System curriculum developed by our program will consist of four two-hour webinars to be completed by all third-year medical students at RVSOM. Each webinar will include pre- and post-test assessments to determine the effectiveness of the curriculum. 1 University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2024. www.countyhealthrankings.org.
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