Interprofessional education as a potential foundation for future team-based prevention of alcohol use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective screening of alcohol use and prevention of alcohol use disorder (AUD) requires the continuous preparation of educated and confident providers across all health professions who will ideally work in close collaboration in their future practices. As one mechanism for achieving this goal, the development and provision of interprofessional education (IPE) training modules for health care students may cultivate beneficial interactions among future health providers early in their formative education.

Methods

In the present study, we assessed attitudes about alcohol and confidence in screening and AUD prevention in 459 students at our health sciences center. Students represented ten different health professions (audiology, cardiovascular sonography, dental hygie

SUBMITTER: Edwards S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9945599 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature