John Rachel Sonia, Salas-Wright Christopher P, Amodeo Maryann, Chassler Deborah, Alford Daniel P
School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, Massachusettes, USA.
School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusettes, USA.
Subst Abus. 2020;41(3):292-296. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2020.1783739.
Many health professionals lack adequate training needed to effectively address alcohol and other drug (AOD)-related problems. Building upon our previously successful in-person faculty training programs, we designed and pilot tested the brief online Faculty Education in Addiction Training (FEAT) Program for social work and internal medicine residency faculty. The present study examines baseline and post-FEAT Program AOD knowledge and teaching confidence and preparedness among faculty participants. The FEAT Program curriculum included didactic videos, online engagement with content experts, recommended readings, and a live virtual classroom experience. Participants completed self-assessments of knowledge and teaching confidence and preparedness pre- and post-FEAT program. In this pilot test, thirty faculty completed the FEAT program: 15 social work and 15 internal medical residency program faculty. Both groups showed significant improvement ( < 0.001) in overall AOD-related knowledge with medium-to-large effects (Cohen's = 1.83 [social work], 0.72 [medicine]). Both groups showed significant increases in teaching confidence ( < 0.001) for all items with large effects (Cohen's values range from 1.08 to 1.92) and significant increases and large effects for all teaching preparedness items for social work (at least < 0.01 | Cohen's range = 1.03-1.56) and internal medical residency faculty ( < 0.001 | Cohen's range = 1.08-1.69). Multidisciplinary health professions educators' AOD knowledge and teaching confidence and preparedness can be improved by participation in a brief online program designed to circumvent the logistical and fiscal challenges presented by in-person programs.
许多卫生专业人员缺乏有效解决与酒精和其他药物（AOD）相关问题所需的充分培训。基于我们之前成功的面对面教师培训项目，我们为社会工作和内科住院医师培训教师设计并进行了简短的在线成瘾培训教师教育（FEAT）项目试点测试。本研究考察了教师参与者在FEAT项目前后的AOD知识、教学信心和准备情况的基线。FEAT项目课程包括教学视频、与内容专家的在线互动、推荐阅读材料以及实时虚拟课堂体验。参与者在FEAT项目前后完成了知识、教学信心和准备情况的自我评估。在这次试点测试中，30名教师完成了FEAT项目：15名社会工作教师和15名内科住院医师培训项目教师。两组在总体AOD相关知识方面均有显著提高（<0.001），效应量为中到大（科恩d值=1.83[社会工作]，0.72[医学]）。两组在所有项目上的教学信心均有显著提高（<0.001），效应量较大（科恩d值范围为1.08至1.92），社会工作（至少<0.01|科恩d值范围=1.03 - 1.56）和内科住院医师培训教师的所有教学准备项目均有显著提高且效应量较大（<0.001|科恩d值范围=1.08 - 1.69）。通过参与一个旨在规避面对面项目所带来的后勤和财政挑战的简短在线项目，可以提高多学科卫生专业教育工作者的AOD知识、教学信心和准备情况。
