Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2021;56(13):1962-1971. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1958866. Epub 2021 Aug 6.
Physicians trained in opioid use disorder (OUD) harm reduction can mitigate opioid overdose deaths by prescribing naloxone and educating patients about its use. Unfortunately, many physicians possess OUD stigma. Training during medical school presents an opportunity to reduce OUD stigma and improve opioid overdose reversal knowledge. This study assessed the efficacy of Opioid Overdose Awareness and Reversal Training (OOART) and evaluated the equivalency of the online and in-person OOART. Voluntary training was delivered to first-year medical (M1) students at one medical school. In 2018 and 2019, 29 and 68 M1 students, respectively, received in-person OOART training and completed pre- and post-training surveys. In 2020, 62 students participated in online OOART training, of which 53 completed both pre- and post-training surveys. All three opioid overdose Knowledge questions showed significant improvements between pre- and post-training survey responses. For Attitude questions, six of eleven questions in 2019 and 2020 and four of eleven questions in 2018 had statistically significant improvements between pre- and post-training survey responses. There were no statistical differences between in-person and online post-training survey results for two out of the three Knowledge questions and all 11 Attitude questions. This study demonstrates that our OOART was effective in increasing opioid overdose reversal knowledge and reducing OUD stigma. There was no meaningful difference in outcomes between the training modalities. These results support the future expansion of online and in-person OOART to a larger population of medical students.
接受过阿片类药物使用障碍(OUD)减少伤害培训的医生可以通过开纳洛酮处方和教育患者使用方法来减少阿片类药物过量死亡。不幸的是,许多医生对 OUD 存在污名化。在医学院接受培训是减少 OUD 污名化和提高阿片类药物过量逆转知识的机会。本研究评估了阿片类药物过量意识和逆转培训(OOART)的效果,并评估了在线和面对面 OOART 的等效性。自愿培训提供给一所医学院的一年级医学生(M1)。在 2018 年和 2019 年,分别有 29 名和 68 名 M1 学生接受了面对面 OOART 培训,并完成了培训前后的调查。在 2020 年,有 62 名学生参加了在线 OOART 培训,其中 53 名学生完成了培训前后的调查。所有三个阿片类药物过量知识问题在培训前后的调查回答中都显示出显著改善。对于态度问题,2019 年和 2020 年的 11 个问题中有 6 个,2018 年的 11 个问题中有 4 个,在培训前后的调查回答中具有统计学意义的改善。在知识问题中的三个问题中的两个和态度问题中的 11 个问题中,面对面和在线培训后的调查结果没有统计学差异。本研究表明,我们的 OOART 有效地提高了阿片类药物过量逆转知识,减少了 OUD 污名化。两种培训模式的结果没有明显差异。这些结果支持未来将在线和面对面的 OOART 扩展到更多的医学生群体。