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Goal: To provide health profession students with the necessary knowledge and skills training to be able to confidently interview, assess, and counsel patients with alcohol use disorders.
Professional Practice GapsAlcohol use continues to be a widespread public and social health problem. The health care provider needs to be able to screen for drinking in patients and assess, provide brief interventions, and/or make appropriate referrals when screening results are positive. The reality is that few physicians or other health care providers are routinely providing screening or intervention with their patients (D'Amico et al., 2005).Educational Objectives:
After completing this activity participants will be able to:Confidently conduct a basic patient interview assessing for alcohol use disorders.
Choose and implement an appropriate screening instrument.
Correctly identify the different criteria and distinguishing factors between abuse and dependence in patients.
Outline a preliminary diagnosis for patients with abuse or dependence.
Assess a patient's willingness to change and use this assessment to motivate the patient towards treatment.
Perform a brief intervention to patients who misuse alcohol.
Assess and refer those patients who are at a higher risk level to a specialist's care.
Manage patients who have relapsed, encouraging those patients to attempt treatment again.
Describe how to confidently interview patients for alcohol use.
Recommend to patients a treatment plan that coordinates patient care with other health professionals.
Facilitate treatment confidentiality in multiple contexts with multiple parties in a coordinated care effort.
Authors
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CTI Content Review: Mon, 1/3/2011CTI Editorial Review: Mon, 1/3/2011
Modules in this Training Activity
Screening for Alcohol Use Problems/Assessment and Diagnosis of Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcohol Use Problems: Brief Interventions / Motivational Interviewing
Treatment for Alcohol Use Problems: Coordinated Care
Audience and Accreditation
Health professional students
Activity Credit: Obtaining credit for participation in this activity requires that you complete the pre-assessments, work through the modules (including all in-module interactive activities), complete the post-assessments with a 70% score on the post-test, and then request credit. At the end of the activity, you will be instructed on how to print out a certificate for your records.
Time Requirement: Keep track of the amount of time it takes you to complete this activity. You will be required to spend a set amount of time in order to claim credit. You should claim credit only for the time actually spent in the activity.
Technical Requirement: To participate in this activity, you will need a computer, an Internet connection, and a Web browser. This activity requires Chrome, Firefox, and IE7 or higher.
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