Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic: A Novel Multidisciplinary Elective for Preclinical Students

Joshi, Mihir; Schwartz, Harry C.; Fahimi, Jahan

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“…Efforts are also underway to enhance the education on lethal means counseling that medical students and residents receive 13–15 . The authors of a recent paper stressed the importance of being mindful of the language used to develop lethal means counseling curricula for medical students and residents, highlighting how some firearm owners do not view providers as trustworthy sources of information 16 .…”

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“…Efforts are also underway to enhance the education on lethal means counseling that medical students and residents receive. [13][14][15] The authors of a recent paper stressed the importance of being mindful of the language used to develop lethal means counseling curricula for medical students and residents, highlighting how some firearm owners do not view providers as trustworthy sources of information. 16 Medical schools and residency programs could adopt the L2L decision aid, either using it as a guide while developing effective lethal means counseling curricula or, perhaps, applying it as a supplement to already formulated lessons.…”

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Studying the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Web-based Lethal Means Safety Decision Aid for Hospitalized Adults With Suicide Risk (Lock to Live)

Singh

Levins

McCall

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

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Objective: Lock to Live is an interactive web-based lethal means safety decision aid that promotes temporary storage of firearms and medications. It has primarily been provided to suicidal patients in emergency department settings. The goal of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the Lock to Live decision aid with hospitalized adults at increased risk of suicide. Methods: Subjects provided demographic information and completed the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale after which they completed the Lock to Live program followed by a survey. Results: Twenty participants were recruited for this study, 5 of whom had access to firearms and 19 of whom had access to medications. Lock to Live was feasible to use as the mean length of time to complete the program was 10.0±5.3 minutes. It was acceptable to most participants as 75% of participants found it to be easy to use, and 65% of participants agreed that Lock to Live was helpful in making a decision about changing access to firearms/medications. Conclusion: Lock 2 Live decision aid appears to be a feasible and acceptable tool for hospitalized patients at risk for suicide.

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Studying the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Web-based Lethal Means Safety Decision Aid for Hospitalized Adults With Suicide Risk (Lock to Live)

Singh

Levins

McCall

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

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Development, dissemination and survey evaluation of layered education for healthcare professionals to support implementation of firearm injury and mortality prevention strategies in emergency care settings, New York, USA

Harrison,

Sathya,

Shekher-Kapoor

et al. 2024

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BackgroundThere is consensus on the need and ability to address firearm injury risk in healthcare settings; however, the lack of education for healthcare professionals hinders the implementation of evidence-based firearm injury and mortality prevention strategies. The objectives of this study are to develop, disseminate and evaluate education for team members to facilitate implementation in emergency departmentsMethodTwo-tiered education was developed in partnership with stakeholders and disseminated to the healthcare team, covering evidence-based screening and interventions for firearm access and violence risk. The implementation, development and dissemination strategies followed the framework used for systemwide Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment implementation for substance use. Team members who screened patients for firearm injury risk received screening education and team members meeting with patients who screened positive received intervention education. Participants completed surveys to evaluate the education and learning objectives.ResultsAcross three emergency departments from March 2021 to May 2022, 267 team members completed screening education. Key takeaways reported by 173 participants were how to screen (24.9%), the 5L’s of Firearm Safety (19.7%) and the prevalence of firearm injury (11.0%). Participants still had questions about workflow, resources and safety. 34 of 67 (50.7%) intervention education participants completed the postsurvey. 100% were confident they could screen, 79% were confident they could provide brief interventions and 88% were confident their site could implement firearm injury prevention strategies.ConclusionTiered education for firearm injury prevention screening and intervention achieved learning objectives and facilitated programme implementation. Education increased knowledge and confidence regarding firearm injury risk screening and its importance in healthcare settings.

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Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic: A Novel Multidisciplinary Elective for Preclinical Students

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Studying the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Web-based Lethal Means Safety Decision Aid for Hospitalized Adults With Suicide Risk (Lock to Live)

Studying the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Web-based Lethal Means Safety Decision Aid for Hospitalized Adults With Suicide Risk (Lock to Live)

Development, dissemination and survey evaluation of layered education for healthcare professionals to support implementation of firearm injury and mortality prevention strategies in emergency care settings, New York, USA

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