Integrating Persons With Lived Experience in Opioid Use Disorder Education: A Small Group Exercise and Patient Panel
OBJECTIVES Based on increasing drug overdose deaths and a shortage of healthcare professionals trained in the management of opioid use disorder (OUD), it is imperative to improve health professional education in addiction medicine. This small group learning exercise and patient panel was designed to...
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| author | David P Serota Hansel E Tookes Jasmine Tomita-Barber Tyler S Bartholomew David W Forrest Joan St. Onge Henri Ford Sabrina Taldone |
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| description | OBJECTIVES Based on increasing drug overdose deaths and a shortage of healthcare professionals trained in the management of opioid use disorder (OUD), it is imperative to improve health professional education in addiction medicine. This small group learning exercise and patient panel was designed to provide first year medical students with insights into the lives of people with OUD—through a lens of harm reduction—and to connect biomedical knowledge to the core values and professional themes of their doctoring courses. METHODS Facilitators were assigned to each small group of 8 students for the harm reduction-centered Long and Winding Road small group case exercise. This was followed by a patient panel of 2 to 3 persons with OUD. The small group was conducted with first-year medical students as a virtual training session due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students completed pre- and post-session surveys about agreement with statements pertaining to the learning objectives. RESULTS The small group and patient panel were delivered over 8 sessions and attended by all first-year medical students (N = 201). Survey response rate was 67%. Post-session, there was significantly greater agreement with knowledge on all learning objectives compared to pre-session. Two relevant multiple-choice questions on the medical student final exam were answered correctly by 79% and 98% of students. CONCLUSION Centering on people with lived experience, we completed small groups and patient panels to introduce concepts of OUD and harm reduction to first year medical students. Pre- and post-session surveys showed short-term achievement of the learning objectives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dd10c71741f4087812753c336447cf82023-06-16T17:03:25ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Medical Education and Curricular Development2382-12052023-06-011010.1177/23821205231180172Integrating Persons With Lived Experience in Opioid Use Disorder Education: A Small Group Exercise and Patient PanelDavid P Serota0Hansel E Tookes1Jasmine Tomita-Barber2Tyler S Bartholomew3David W Forrest4Joan St. Onge5Henri Ford6Sabrina Taldone7 Department of Medicine, , Miami, FL, USA. Department of Medicine, , Miami, FL, USA. Department of Medicine, , Miami, FL, USA. Department of Public Health Sciences, , Miami, FL, USA. Department of Public Health Sciences, , Miami, FL, USA. Department of Medicine, , Miami, FL, USA. Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miler School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. Department of Medicine, , Miami, FL, USA.OBJECTIVES Based on increasing drug overdose deaths and a shortage of healthcare professionals trained in the management of opioid use disorder (OUD), it is imperative to improve health professional education in addiction medicine. This small group learning exercise and patient panel was designed to provide first year medical students with insights into the lives of people with OUD—through a lens of harm reduction—and to connect biomedical knowledge to the core values and professional themes of their doctoring courses. METHODS Facilitators were assigned to each small group of 8 students for the harm reduction-centered Long and Winding Road small group case exercise. This was followed by a patient panel of 2 to 3 persons with OUD. The small group was conducted with first-year medical students as a virtual training session due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students completed pre- and post-session surveys about agreement with statements pertaining to the learning objectives. RESULTS The small group and patient panel were delivered over 8 sessions and attended by all first-year medical students (N = 201). Survey response rate was 67%. Post-session, there was significantly greater agreement with knowledge on all learning objectives compared to pre-session. Two relevant multiple-choice questions on the medical student final exam were answered correctly by 79% and 98% of students. CONCLUSION Centering on people with lived experience, we completed small groups and patient panels to introduce concepts of OUD and harm reduction to first year medical students. Pre- and post-session surveys showed short-term achievement of the learning objectives.https://doi.org/10.1177/23821205231180172 |
| spellingShingle | David P Serota Hansel E Tookes Jasmine Tomita-Barber Tyler S Bartholomew David W Forrest Joan St. Onge Henri Ford Sabrina Taldone Integrating Persons With Lived Experience in Opioid Use Disorder Education: A Small Group Exercise and Patient Panel Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development |
| title | Integrating Persons With Lived Experience in Opioid Use Disorder Education: A Small Group Exercise and Patient Panel |
| title_full | Integrating Persons With Lived Experience in Opioid Use Disorder Education: A Small Group Exercise and Patient Panel |
| title_fullStr | Integrating Persons With Lived Experience in Opioid Use Disorder Education: A Small Group Exercise and Patient Panel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating Persons With Lived Experience in Opioid Use Disorder Education: A Small Group Exercise and Patient Panel |
| title_short | Integrating Persons With Lived Experience in Opioid Use Disorder Education: A Small Group Exercise and Patient Panel |
| title_sort | integrating persons with lived experience in opioid use disorder education a small group exercise and patient panel |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/23821205231180172 |
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