Addiction Medicine Training Fellowships in North America: A Recent Assessment of Progress and Needs
| Autor: | Randall Brown, Sarah Hand, Kevin Kunz, Timothy Brennan, Susan Foster, Karen J. Derefinko, Andrew Danzo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Canada
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject education MEDLINE 030508 substance abuse Subspecialty 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) 030212 general & internal medicine Fellowships and Scholarships health care economics and organizations media_common Response rate (survey) business.industry Addiction Internship and Residency Waiver United States Psychiatry and Mental health Addiction medicine Cross-Sectional Studies Family medicine North America Workforce Brief intervention 0305 other medical science business Addiction Medicine |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Addiction Medicine. 14:e103-e109 |
| ISSN: | 1935-3227 1932-0620 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/adm.0000000000000595 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES Although unhealthy substance use and addiction contribute to 1 in 4 deaths and are estimated to cost the US more than $740 billion annually, fewer than 12 hours of physician education over the 7 years of medical school and primary residency training specifically address alcohol and other drug-related issues. Addiction Medicine was formally recognized as a medical subspecialty in 2016 to address the need for physicians trained in prevention, treatment, and management of substance use. This study examines the characteristics of the Addiction Medicine fellowships in operation during this critical period in the subspecialty's development to identify needs and potential. METHODS This study is a cross-sectional survey of Addiction Medicine Fellowship Directors from 46 fellowships accredited as of 2017 (43 in the United States and 3 in Canada). The response rate was 100%. RESULTS Directors estimated significant growth in available fellowship slots between 2016 to 2017 and 2017 to 2018 (F = 49.584, P |
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