Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Health Professions Student Training Chatham University (Chatham) is the applicant organization in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh. The training population includes physician assistant students, nursing students, physical therapy students, occupational therapy students, and counseling psychology students within Chatham University's School of Health Sciences. This project will provide screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) training to a total of 729 students across the three year grant period that will result in measureable changes in targeted attitudes, knowledge and evidence-based skills. Further, this program will provide interdisciplinary curricula and clinical experiences so that the students are able to implement SBIRT in an interdisciplinary setting upon completion. The targeted training group is primarily white females ranging 23-40 years of age. The program will be developed in a manner that will encourage sustainability after the grant expires, and will support Chatham's plans to apply integrated substance use disorder (SUD) care throughout its system. The program will be evaluated against its ability to positively impact targeted attitudes, knowledge and skill using strategies that have been successfully applied within a medical residency training grant currently funded by SAMHSA. Specifically, all trainees will complete a standardized survey on attitudes towards patients with SUD and providing intervention for these patients, knowledge tests mapped to knowledge targets, and role-play standardized cases observed by trained faculty with competency assessed via a standardized proficiency checklist. The evaluation will also assist in continuously improving the quality of the training and ensuring that the training program meets national standards for cultural competency.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
