TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovative clinical addiction research training track in preventive medicine
AU - Foley, Mary E.
AU - Garland, Elizabeth
AU - Merino, Rolando
AU - Stimmel, Barry
AU - Foley, Mary E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This training program was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) and administered through the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA). The authors wish to express their appreciation to Marguerite Diab, MD, Amir Mahjoob, MD, and Clyde B. Schechter, MD.
Funding Information:
At present, there is no American Board of Medical Specialties or American Council on Graduate Medical Education approved residency in alcohol or substance abuse, despite public recognition that these problems are among the most important affecting our society. There is a fellowship in the addictions sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association. However, prior completion of a psychiatry residency is usually a requirement. The development of the CART track within the GPM residency provides a model of how residents’ interest in clinical addiction research developed as a result of exposure to the addiction community. This approach can be integrated into primary care residencies and fellowships to further enhance trainees’ knowledge, attitude, and skills necessary for prevention and treatment of addictions and dependencies.
PY - 2000/6/1
Y1 - 2000/6/1
N2 - Medical education related to identification, diagnosis and management of alcohol and other drug problems receives inadequate attention in the undergraduate curriculum and during residency training. This article describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a new track in Clinical Addiction Research Training (CART) in a General Preventive Medicine (GPM) residency program. CART is comprised of a new course in Addiction Medicine, new practicum sites in addiction medicine research and treatment, and a CART‐designated resident. An Advisory Group of educators, researchers, scholars, and administrators in addiction medicine, has provided guidance and support for this new track. Evaluation of the CART track suggested improvements in residents’ knowledge and attitudes. Residents engaged in high caliber clinical addiction research projects. The development of the CART track within the GPM residency is an approach that can be integrated into other specialties, such as internal medicine, family practice, and adolescent medicine, to develop residents’ interest and expertise in the addictive behaviors.
AB - Medical education related to identification, diagnosis and management of alcohol and other drug problems receives inadequate attention in the undergraduate curriculum and during residency training. This article describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a new track in Clinical Addiction Research Training (CART) in a General Preventive Medicine (GPM) residency program. CART is comprised of a new course in Addiction Medicine, new practicum sites in addiction medicine research and treatment, and a CART‐designated resident. An Advisory Group of educators, researchers, scholars, and administrators in addiction medicine, has provided guidance and support for this new track. Evaluation of the CART track suggested improvements in residents’ knowledge and attitudes. Residents engaged in high caliber clinical addiction research projects. The development of the CART track within the GPM residency is an approach that can be integrated into other specialties, such as internal medicine, family practice, and adolescent medicine, to develop residents’ interest and expertise in the addictive behaviors.
KW - Clinical addiction research training
KW - Curriculum evaluation
KW - Residency education
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0034091216
U2 - 10.1080/08897070009511423
DO - 10.1080/08897070009511423
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034091216
SN - 0889-7077
VL - 21
SP - 111
EP - 119
JO - Substance Abuse
JF - Substance Abuse
IS - 2
ER -