Teaching internal medicine resident physicians about Alcoholics Anonymous: a pilot study of an educational intervention.
Subst Abus
; 27(3): 5-11, 2006 Sep.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17135175
ABSTRACT
Greater physician confidence in treating alcoholism is associated with a higher frequency of referring alcoholic patients for treatment, but many physicians have limited experience with Alcoholics Anonymous. We implemented a brief, didactic and experiential educational intervention about AA and evaluated its effect on knowledge and attitudes, using a before-after repeated measures study design. Thirty-six first-year internal medicine resident physicians received an educational intervention, which consisted of a 45-minute lecture about AA, a visit to an AA meeting, and a 30-minute debriefing session the next day. Residents' knowledge and attitudes were assessed by a brief written anonymous survey before and after the educational intervention. Residents reported increases in self-perceived knowledge about AA and had more favorable attitudes towards AA after the intervention. Our pilot study shows that a brief, didactic and experiential course can improve physician knowledge and attitudes about AA, and holds promise for improving physician interface with this commonly used intervention.
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Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Alcoólicos Anônimos
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Capacitação em Serviço
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Medicina Interna
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Internato e Residência
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Subst Abus
Assunto da revista:
TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos