Office of Medical Education, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island , USA.
Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, The Miriam Hospital , Providence , Rhode Island , USA.
Subst Abus. 2019;40(2):125-131. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2018.1546262. Epub 2019 Feb 27.
Students from health professional schools participated in a half-day interprofessional education workshop centered on substance use disorder training. One component was a patient panel featuring individuals with a history of opioid use disorder who described the impact of addiction on their lives and their road to recovery using varied treatment options. We hypothesized that interacting with individuals with opioid use disorder early in training would elicit more humanistic perspectives and decrease bias and stigma in future health care professionals. After participating in the panel experience, health professional students ( = 580) from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, and social work were asked to complete short, 5-minute, rapid reflections. Prompts asked students whether the panel changed their perception of individuals with substance use disorder, to reflect on their attitudinal changes or lack thereof, and how working in interprofessional teams could impact the management and treatment of these patients. Conventional content analysis was performed. Eighty-nine percent of students who attended the session completed the rapid reflections ( = 514). Overall, approximately 70% ( = 369) of students indicated that their perceptions of individuals with substance use disorder had changed as a result of the patient panel, with students from pharmacy more likely to indicate a change in attitudes. Themes across all professions included a change toward a more humanistic perspective, value of hearing real patient stories, and learning about treatment and recovery options. Student responses described how interprofessional health care teams can provide more holistic care with a broader range of therapeutic options that may improve long-term outcomes. A patient panel experience is influential on interprofessional students' attitudes toward patients who suffer from opioid use disorder. Students identified an interprofessional approach as being a valuable component of management and treatment of these patients.
来自健康专业学校的学生参加了为期半天的跨专业教育研讨会，该研讨会的重点是药物使用障碍培训。其中一个组成部分是一个患者小组，由有阿片类药物使用障碍病史的个人组成，他们使用各种治疗方法描述了成瘾对他们生活的影响以及他们走向康复的道路。我们假设，在培训早期与阿片类药物使用障碍患者互动会引起更多的人文关怀，并减少未来医疗保健专业人员的偏见和耻辱感。在参与小组体验后，来自医学、护理、药学、物理治疗和社会工作的 580 名健康专业学生被要求完成简短的 5 分钟快速反思。提示学生询问小组是否改变了他们对药物使用障碍患者的看法，思考他们的态度变化或缺乏变化，以及跨专业团队合作如何影响这些患者的管理和治疗。进行了常规内容分析。参加该课程的学生中，有 89%（=514 人）完成了快速反思。总体而言，大约 70%（=369 人）的学生表示，他们对药物使用障碍患者的看法因患者小组而发生了变化，而药学专业的学生更有可能表示态度发生了变化。所有专业的主题都包括向更具人文关怀的观点转变、倾听真实患者故事的价值以及了解治疗和康复选择。学生的反应描述了跨专业医疗保健团队如何通过更广泛的治疗选择提供更全面的护理，从而可能改善长期结果。患者小组体验对患有阿片类药物使用障碍的跨专业学生的态度具有影响力。学生认为，跨专业方法是这些患者管理和治疗的有价值组成部分。
