Impact of elective on students’ perceptions of treating patients with a substance use disorder

Four models of pharmacist‐integrated office‐based opioid treatment

“…31,32 When student pharmacists are exposed to SUD within the curricula, they have more positive attitudes toward working with patients with SUD. [33][34][35] Incorporating OUD education into pharmacy curricula can lead to a broader understanding of the long-term management of patients with OUD and may increase student interest to expand their education through residency, fellowship, or CE. With earlier exposure, pharmacists may be better prepared to successfully integrate into OBOT.…”

“…The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy's curricular guidelines recommend that schools of pharmacy dedicate a minimum of 4 h to the identification and treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs), yet majority of schools do not meet this target 31,32 . When student pharmacists are exposed to SUD within the curricula, they have more positive attitudes toward working with patients with SUD 33‐35 . Incorporating OUD education into pharmacy curricula can lead to a broader understanding of the long‐term management of patients with OUD and may increase student interest to expand their education through residency, fellowship, or CE.…”

Physical Therapists’ Attitudes are Associated with their Confidence in and the Frequency with which they Engage in Prescription Opioid Medication Misuse Management Practices with their Patients. A Cross–Sectional Study

“…Other non–physician healthcare providers have had their attitudes regarding managing patients with alcohol misuse and SUDs favorably altered after training. For example, after attending an 8–week graduate school course in how to recognize and treat SUDs, pharmacy students mean post–training DDPPQ scores for each subscale significantly improved ( p <.05) compared to pretraining DDPPQ scores 28 . When non–physician healthcare graduate students, including physical therapy students, attended a 6–hour training course in screening, brief intervention and referral (SBIRT) for alcohol misuse and SUDs, post–training scores for the role adequacy, role legitimacy, role support and satisfaction subscales each significantly improved over pre–training scores, with the largest effect size for role adequacy (Cohen's d = 1.06) 29 .…”

Filling a global gap in access to critical mental health services: Engaging pharmacists to enhance the care of individuals with mental health needs and illnesses

“…8 A final manuscript related to this first theme described student pharmacists' attitudes toward their helping individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) as a result of an elective course on SUD. 10 The second key theme involves the emerging roles of community-based pharmacists being integrated into and collaborating with other professionals in primary care settings. Articles in this area described ways of involving pharmacists in mental health care of those patients seen in primary care settings ranging from expanded pharmacist roles to improve access to pharmacist-led clinics to incorporating psychiatric pharmacy specialists into mental health care delivery.…”

“… 8 A final manuscript related to this first theme described student pharmacists’ attitudes toward their helping individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) as a result of an elective course on SUD. 10 …”