Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
Sycamore SBIRT Curriculum and Rural Workforce Development - Indiana State University proposes the development and implementation of a Rural Social Work - Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (RSW-SBIRT) training program entitled Sycamore SBIRT Curriculum and Rural Workforce Development within the social work curriculum in Terre Haute, Indiana, with the intention of supporting and strengthening the substance abuse prevention and treatment infrastructure both in the region and more broadly within Indiana. The RSW-SBIRT project plans to serve at least 435 students who are enrolled or declared bachelor of social work students or master of social work students, with additional elective coursework completed by nursing students and physician assistant students. The overall goal of the RSW-SBIRT program will be to fully integrate SBIRT classroom and clinical best-practice training (field work), including a sub-focus on Motivational Interviewing (MI), into the nationally accredited BSW and MSW programs at ISU. To accomplish this goal, multiple measurable objectives will be pursued, including full integration of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) SBIRT/MI curriculum into multiple undergraduate and graduate courses and fieldwork practicum, the design and implementation of a dissemination model (trainer-of-trainers) for fieldwork supervisors and other faculty, and the design and implementation of a regional training program both for students and for other practicing professionals in the allied health fields. The long-term impact of this work, in addition to a more highly-trained healthcare and wellness workforce, is expected to be improved patient outcomes in terms of substance abuse and related health, social, spiritual, and other areas and the strengthened integration of behavioral healthcare and primary care regionally and throughout the state.
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