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Utilizing a substance use attitudes, practices and knowledge survey for multidisciplinary curriculum development.

Dale Alexander1, Vicki Waters, Katherine McQueen

  • 1University of Houston, TX 77204-4492, USA. dalexander@uh.edu

Substance Abuse
|July 14, 2006
PubMed
Summary

A new questionnaire was developed to assess attitudes toward substance use among healthcare students and professionals. This tool aids in understanding and potentially improving attitudes in these critical fields.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Education
  • Social Work
  • Medical Training

Background:

  • Understanding attitudes towards substance use is crucial for effective patient care and intervention.
  • Existing tools may not adequately capture the nuances of attitudes across different healthcare disciplines.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and administer a novel questionnaire assessing substance use attitudes.
  • To evaluate the utility of this questionnaire across diverse student and professional groups.

Main Methods:

  • The study involved the development and administration of a substance use attitudes questionnaire.
  • Target populations included social work students/clinicians, physician assistant students/practitioners, and medical interns.

Main Results:

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  • The questionnaire was successfully developed and administered to the target groups.
  • Data on substance use attitudes were collected from social work, physician assistant, and medical trainees/professionals.

Conclusions:

  • The developed questionnaire provides a means to assess substance use attitudes in key healthcare professions.
  • This tool can inform curriculum development and training strategies to improve professional attitudes toward substance use.