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ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2024

Internal Medicine Resident Addiction Training at the Veteran's Health Administration: A Qualitative Evaluation of Site Directors' Response to the 2022 ACGME Requirements.

Claire Richardson, Karin Daniels, Andrea Confer, Andrew J Saxon, Adam J Gordon, Joseph Liberto, Anthony P Albanese, John Renner, Ellen Edens, Amy J Kennedy

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Article in Journal of general internal medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Claire RichardsonVA Puget Sound Healthcare System, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Karin DanielsVA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Andrea ConferVA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Andrew J SaxonVA Puget Sound Healthcare System, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Adam J GordonVulnerable Veteran Innovative Patient-Aligned-Care-Team (VIP) Initiative, Informatics, Decision-Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Center, Salt Lake City Health Care System, Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, and Advocacy (PARCKA), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Joseph LibertoOffice of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Substance Use Disorders, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC, USA.
Anthony P AlbaneseVA Northern California Healthcare System, UC Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA.
John RennerVA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Ellen EdensVA Connecticut Healthcare System, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Amy J KennedyVA Puget Sound Healthcare System, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA. amy.kennedy@va.gov.ORCID 0000-0001-8368-4433
University of Washington · USVA Pittsburgh Healthcare System · USBoston University · USUniversity of Utah · USVA Connecticut Healthcare System · USVA Northern California Health Care System · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSubstance use disorders (SUDs) are prevalent in the USA yet remain dramatically undertreated. To address this care gap, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved revisions to the Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education (GME) in Internal Medicine, effective July 1, 2022, requiring addiction medicine training for all internal medicine (IM) residents. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is a clinical training site for many academic institutions that sponsor IM residencies. This focus group project evaluated VHA IM residency site directors' perspectives about providing addiction medical education within VHA IM training sites.

objectiveTo better understand the current state, barriers to, and facilitators of IM resident addiction medicine training at VHA sites.

designThis was a qualitative evaluation based on semi-structured video-based focus groups.

participantsParticipants were VHA IM site directors based at a VHA hospital or clinic throughout the USA. APPROACH: Focus groups were conducted using a semi-structured group interview guide. Two investigators coded each focus group independently, then met to create a final adjudicated coding scheme. Thematic analysis was used to identify key themes. KEY

resultsForty-three participants from 38 VHA sites participated in four focus groups (average size: 11 participants). Six themes were identified within four pre-defined categories. Current state of training: most VHA sites offered no formal training in addiction medicine for IM residents. Barriers: addiction experts are often located outside of IM settings, and ACGME requirements were non-specific. Facilitators: clinical champions help support addiction training. Desired next steps: participants desired incentives to train or hire local champions and a pre-packaged didactic curriculum.

conclusionsDeveloping competent clinical champions and leveraging VHA addiction specialists from non-IM settings would create more addiction training opportunities for IM trainees at VHA sites. These insights can likely be applied to IM training at non-VHA sites.

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Addiction MedicineEducation, Medical, GraduateInternal MedicineInternship and ResidencyUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsAccreditationFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMaleQualitative ResearchSubstance-Related DisordersUnited Statesaddictionfor indexing: qualitativeinternal medicineresidency

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PMID38302815
PMCPMC11169109
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