ORCID (Optional)
0000-0002-5423-8749
Document Type
Original Report
Disciplines
Higher Education | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Background: Despite the availability of efficacious treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), providers and patients are often unaware of available treatment options and how to pursue them. Prior studies have found that providers desire more training to effectively treat AUD. Our aim was to develop a standardized video to educate providers about AUD treatment.
Methods: Prospective single-center cohort study evaluating the impact of a novel, interactive educational video module (EVM) for providers about AUD treatment. The EVM discusses treatment, motivational interviewing (MI) and harm reduction strategies, and case examples. The EVM was hosted on our hospital’s website, and available to all providers (faculty, trainees, and practitioners) within the departments of internal medicine, family medicine, psychiatry, and gastroenterology/hepatology. The EVM was optional to complete, but participants were incentivized using continuing medical education (CME) credit. Pre/post surveys solicited feedback and evaluated 1) knowledge of AUD treatments, 2) comfort prescribing medications, and 3) confidence with MI. Matched responses were evaluated using paired t-tests.
Results: 45 providers participated (31 faculty, 14 trainees), reporting significant improvements in their knowledge of AUD treatment (p=0.0001), comfort in prescribing medications (p=0.0002) and using motivational interviewing techniques (p=0.003) after viewing the EVM (Figure 1). Feedback was 89% positive, 2% negative, and 9% suggested ways to improve the EVM.
Conclusion: EVM can significantly improve provider knowledge and comfort in treating AUD. Further studies are needed to evaluate if EVM can improve treatment access and patient outcomes.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.32873/unmc.dc.gmerj.6.2.005
Keywords
Alcohol use disorder, addiction treatment, quality improvement, provider education, video
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Recommended Citation
Twohig, P., Slocum, Z. P., Balasanova, A., Khoury, N., Ashford, A., Scholten, K., Warner, J., Gallagher, J., , Peeraphatdit, T. A Novel Interactive Video Module for Providers Improves Knowledge of Best-Practices for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder. Graduate Medical Education Research Journal. 2024 Oct 31; 6(2).
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/gmerj/vol6/iss2/5
