An online global survey and follow-up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training, research, and mentorship among early-career addiction medicine professionals

Addiction medicine is a rapidly growing field with many young professionals seeking careers in this field. However, early-career professionals (ECPs) face challenges such as a lack of competency-based training due to a shortage of trainers, limited resources, limited mentorship opportunities, and es...

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Main Authors: Roshan Bhad, Sophia Achab, Parnian Rafei, Preethy Kathiresan, Hossein Mohaddes Ardabili, Jenna Butner, Laura Orsolini, Katrine Melby, Mehdi Farokhnia, Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha, Kelly Ridley, Serenella Tolomeo, Mitika Kanabar, Beatrice Matanje, Paolo Grandinetti, ISAM NExT Consortium, Marc Potenza, Hamed Ekhtiari, Alexander Baldacchino
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425123000353/type/journal_article
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author Roshan Bhad
Sophia Achab
Parnian Rafei
Preethy Kathiresan
Hossein Mohaddes Ardabili
Jenna Butner
Laura Orsolini
Katrine Melby
Mehdi Farokhnia
Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha
Kelly Ridley
Serenella Tolomeo
Mitika Kanabar
Beatrice Matanje
Paolo Grandinetti
ISAM NExT Consortium
Marc Potenza
Hamed Ekhtiari
Alexander Baldacchino
author_facet Roshan Bhad
Sophia Achab
Parnian Rafei
Preethy Kathiresan
Hossein Mohaddes Ardabili
Jenna Butner
Laura Orsolini
Katrine Melby
Mehdi Farokhnia
Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha
Kelly Ridley
Serenella Tolomeo
Mitika Kanabar
Beatrice Matanje
Paolo Grandinetti
ISAM NExT Consortium
Marc Potenza
Hamed Ekhtiari
Alexander Baldacchino
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description Addiction medicine is a rapidly growing field with many young professionals seeking careers in this field. However, early-career professionals (ECPs) face challenges such as a lack of competency-based training due to a shortage of trainers, limited resources, limited mentorship opportunities, and establishment of suitable research areas. The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education (NExT) committee, a global platform for early-career addiction medicine professionals (ECAMPs), conducted a two-phase online survey using a modified Delphi-based approach among ECAMPs across 56 countries to assess the need for standardized training, research opportunities, and mentorship. A total of 110 respondents participated in Phase I (online key informant survey), and 28 respondents participated in Phase II (online expert group discussions on three themes identified in Phase I). The survey found that there is a lack of standardized training, structured mentorship programs, research funding, and research opportunities in addiction medicine for ECAMPs. There is a need for standardized training programs, improving research opportunities, and effective mentorship programs to promote the next generation of addiction medicine professionals and further development in the entire field. The efforts of ISAM NExT are well-received and give a template of how this gap can be addressed.
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spelling doaj.art-45186b13db544f96b60fb9304c00eea12023-08-15T07:48:03ZengCambridge University PressCambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health2054-42512023-01-011010.1017/gmh.2023.35An online global survey and follow-up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training, research, and mentorship among early-career addiction medicine professionalsRoshan Bhad0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4824-3346Sophia Achab1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3861-3297Parnian Rafei2Preethy Kathiresan3Hossein Mohaddes Ardabili4Jenna Butner5Laura Orsolini6Katrine Melby7Mehdi Farokhnia8Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha9Kelly Ridley10Serenella Tolomeo11Mitika Kanabar12Beatrice Matanje13Paolo Grandinetti14ISAM NExT ConsortiumMarc Potenza15Hamed Ekhtiari16Alexander Baldacchino17Department of Psychiatry & National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India Member of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, CanadaMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada Psychological and Sociological Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, IndiaMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USAMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada Unit of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences/DIMSC, School of Medicine and Surgery, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, ItalyMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St. Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, NorwayMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Baltimore, MD, USA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Baltimore, MD, USAMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Deoghar, IndiaMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Albany, WA, AustraliaMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A-STAR), Singapore, Singapore Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, SingaporeMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, CA, USAMember of ISAM NExT (New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education Committee), International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Calgary, AB, Canada Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, MalawiNetwork of Early Career Professionals working in the area of Addiction Medicine (NECPAM) Seligenstadt, GermanyYale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USALaureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USADivision of Population and Behavioural Science, Medical School, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UKAddiction medicine is a rapidly growing field with many young professionals seeking careers in this field. However, early-career professionals (ECPs) face challenges such as a lack of competency-based training due to a shortage of trainers, limited resources, limited mentorship opportunities, and establishment of suitable research areas. The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) New Professionals Exploration, Training & Education (NExT) committee, a global platform for early-career addiction medicine professionals (ECAMPs), conducted a two-phase online survey using a modified Delphi-based approach among ECAMPs across 56 countries to assess the need for standardized training, research opportunities, and mentorship. A total of 110 respondents participated in Phase I (online key informant survey), and 28 respondents participated in Phase II (online expert group discussions on three themes identified in Phase I). The survey found that there is a lack of standardized training, structured mentorship programs, research funding, and research opportunities in addiction medicine for ECAMPs. There is a need for standardized training programs, improving research opportunities, and effective mentorship programs to promote the next generation of addiction medicine professionals and further development in the entire field. The efforts of ISAM NExT are well-received and give a template of how this gap can be addressed.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425123000353/type/journal_articleaddiction psychiatryearly career addiction medicine professionalsmentorshiptraining assessmentsubstance use disorders
spellingShingle Roshan Bhad
Sophia Achab
Parnian Rafei
Preethy Kathiresan
Hossein Mohaddes Ardabili
Jenna Butner
Laura Orsolini
Katrine Melby
Mehdi Farokhnia
Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha
Kelly Ridley
Serenella Tolomeo
Mitika Kanabar
Beatrice Matanje
Paolo Grandinetti
ISAM NExT Consortium
Marc Potenza
Hamed Ekhtiari
Alexander Baldacchino
An online global survey and follow-up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training, research, and mentorship among early-career addiction medicine professionals
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
addiction psychiatry
early career addiction medicine professionals
mentorship
training assessment
substance use disorders
title An online global survey and follow-up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training, research, and mentorship among early-career addiction medicine professionals
title_full An online global survey and follow-up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training, research, and mentorship among early-career addiction medicine professionals
title_fullStr An online global survey and follow-up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training, research, and mentorship among early-career addiction medicine professionals
title_full_unstemmed An online global survey and follow-up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training, research, and mentorship among early-career addiction medicine professionals
title_short An online global survey and follow-up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training, research, and mentorship among early-career addiction medicine professionals
title_sort online global survey and follow up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training research and mentorship among early career addiction medicine professionals
topic addiction psychiatry
early career addiction medicine professionals
mentorship
training assessment
substance use disorders
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425123000353/type/journal_article
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