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Interdisciplinary service-learning substance abuse projects: processes and outcomes.

S Lala A Straussner1, Marianne T Marcus, Richard L Brown

  • 1New York University School of Social Work, New York, NY 10003, USA. lala.straussner@nyu.edu

Substance Abuse
|July 14, 2006
PubMed
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Project MAINSTREAM developed 10 community-based, service-learning projects. Health professional faculty fellows balanced community service with learning objectives in substance abuse education.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Professions Education
  • Community Health
  • Substance Abuse Studies

Background:

  • Project MAINSTREAM is a faculty development program focused on substance abuse.
  • Health professional faculty require training in interdisciplinary approaches to substance abuse.
  • Community-based service-learning offers a practical framework for such training.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the development and implementation of community-based, service-learning field projects.
  • To outline the process undertaken by health professional faculty fellows in Project MAINSTREAM.
  • To detail the structure and outcomes of interdisciplinary faculty learning groups.

Main Methods:

  • 30 health professional faculty fellows participated over two years.

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  • Fellows worked in 10 Interdisciplinary Faculty Learning Groups (IFLGs).
  • Projects were designed to balance community service provision with educational objectives.

    • Main Results:

    • Ten distinct community-based, service-learning projects were developed and implemented.
    • The projects integrated substance abuse education within community service contexts.
    • Interdisciplinary collaboration was a key component of the project development.

    Conclusions:

    • Community-based service-learning is an effective model for faculty development in substance abuse.
    • Interdisciplinary Faculty Learning Groups facilitate the creation of impactful service-learning projects.
    • The projects successfully bridged academic learning with tangible community benefits.