Adolescent Addiction Curriculum: Impact on Knowledge Self-Assessment in Pediatric Learners.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Addiction is developmentally a pediatric-onset disease. Adolescent addiction recently gained the nation's attention due to the steep increase in opioid-related drug overdose deaths. Educating future adolescent health providers on adolescent addiction is a strategic initiative to mitigate the impact of this challenging public health concern.

Methods

We used a logic model worksheet to identify key target areas informing the curriculum content development. The curriculum was written to be delivered in three successive parts-the Science of Addiction, Adolescence and Addiction, and Diagnosis and Treatment-each within a 2-hour interactive lecture session using PowerPoint presentations, brief videos, and learner activities. We collected data using pre- and postsession

SUBMITTER: Onigu-Otite E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342343 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature