Tovah Tripp, Ofelia Martinez, Margaret Dreker, Christopher Duffy, Miriam Hoffman
Expanding the scope of problem-based-learning at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine; integrating domain-general skills with domain-specific content
Medical teacher
2021 substance abuse mental health services administration samhsa published report revealing 46 million individuals united states substance use disorder sud year record number drugrelated overdose deaths reported social workers play important role connecting people use substances providing adequate care treatment yet negative attitudes lack holistic knowledge individuals use substances create challenges providing effective care social work curricula integrates substance use content identified one way address 14week course introduced one institutions master social work curriculum goal providing students comprehensive education suds foundational knowledge practical skill development covered seventeen trained instructors taught total 1204 students may 2020 january 2022 quantitative qualitative data collected explore changes students selfperceived knowledge attitudes skills related substance use among completed survey n 553 majority felt course would positive impact future work professional development specifically 964 reported satisfied satisfied course overall among completed 30day followup survey n 69 data revealed increase students selfperceived knowledge accompanied shift attitudes positive changes selfperceived clientcentered care skills findings article support development implementation evaluation evidencebased substance use content within social work curricula implications improving knowledge attitudes skills among social workers work people use substances