Modules | ACGME Competencies | Suggested Clinical Venue | Time |
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1) Addiction and the brain: principles of addiction | Medical knowledge; Patient care | All patient care activities, especially continuity clinic experiences; inpatient medicine; emergency department | 45-60 minute lecture |
2) Complications and comorbidities of unhealthy substance use | Medical knowledge; Patient care; Systems-based practice | Medical consultation rotations; inpatient medicine; emergency department; intensive care unit rotations | 45-60 minute case-based lecture |
3) Screening and assessment of unhealthy substance use | Practice-based learning; | Continuity clinic; inpatient medicine; subspecialty electives; emergency department | 45-60 minute interactive lecture and 45-60 minute skills practice session |
4) Effective methods of counseling patients including brief intervention | Patient care Medical knowledge; Interpersonal and communication skills; Systems-based practice | Continuity clinic; inpatient medicine; emergency department | 45-60 minute interactive lecture and 45-90 minute skills practice (1-2 sessions) |
5) Substance abuse treatment including pharmacotherapy | Systems-based practice; Medical knowledge; Patient care | Intensive care units, medical wards, continuity clinics, emergency department | 60-90 minute lecture |
6) Substance-specific inpatient and outpatient management | Medical knowledge; Patient care; Practice-based learning; Systems-based practice; Interpersonal and communication skills | Continuity clinic; inpatient medicine; emergency department | 60 minute case-based lecture |
7) Prescription drug abuse | Professionalism; Interpersonal and communication skills; System-based practice; Practice-based learning; Patient care; Medical knowledge | Continuity clinic; emergency department | 60 minute case-based lecture |
8) Legal and ethical considerations for patients and physicians | Professionalism; Systems-based practice; Practice-based learning; Medical knowledge | All patient care activities; continuity clinic; inpatient medicine; emergency department | 60 minute lecture |