Individual Grant Awards

Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons (CU P&S) students and Columbia University College of Dental Medicine (CU CDM) students in conjunction with supervisors who will provide SBIRT instruction. We plan to engage the students in the SBIRT curriculum through the following methods: (1) Educational didactics on the established SBIRT training curriculum; (2) Small group discussions of case examples utilizing SBIRT; (3) Mock interviews of SBIRT in practice performed by students with standardized patients that are observed by supervisors providing real-time feedback; (4) Graded assessments of performance and acquisition of SBIRT knowledge; (5) Web-based tutorials; and (6) a curriculum committee that will include student membership. The proposed new SBIRT training curriculum will build upon our existing didactic curriculum on SUDs at the Medical and Dental Schools. The curriculum will provide a new focus on SBIRT training as an essential clinical skill that all students will garner during their training. This curriculum will be first implemented at the CU P&S and CU CDM to train healthcare professionals who can address the needs of persons at risk for SUD. Additionally, the training will aim to develop physician and dentist leadership skills needed to champion the implementation of SBIRT throughout the United States healthcare system with the ultimate goal of helping clients avoid SUDs. Training developed during the course of this initiative will become a permanent component of the education curriculum at the CU P&S and CU CDM in each academic year for the three years of the grant and will become an ongoing element of the academic curriculum post-grant award.