TY - JOUR
T1 - Interdisciplinary Training Academy for Integrated Substance/Opioid Use Disorder Prevention and Health Care
T2 - A Workforce Catalyst Report
AU - Mendoza, Natasha S.
AU - Hernandez, Nidia
AU - Cordes, Colleen Clemency
AU - Berkel, Cady
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Psychological Association
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Introduction: Addressing the opioid crisis requires attention to the fact that people with opioid use disorder are affected by multiple systems and professionals working across disciplines (e.g., primary health care, social work, psychology). Thus, we developed the Interdisciplinary Training Academy for Integrated Substance/Opioid Use Disorder Prevention and Health care (ITA). The purpose of the ITA is to connect multiple systems to aid in the development of practitioners who are broadly prepared to address the opioid crisis. Method: Herein, we use preliminary descriptive methods to illustrate early outcomes related to 30 weeks of interprofessional training rotations across all system levels related to policy, prevention, treatment, integrated care, harm reduction and recovery support services. Results: Overall, the ITA has assisted fellows in garnering 7,257 hr of training to become holistically competent behavioral health providers. Preliminary data indicate that most cohort graduates intend to pursue employment in a telehealth or primary care setting that serves medically underserved communities.
AB - Introduction: Addressing the opioid crisis requires attention to the fact that people with opioid use disorder are affected by multiple systems and professionals working across disciplines (e.g., primary health care, social work, psychology). Thus, we developed the Interdisciplinary Training Academy for Integrated Substance/Opioid Use Disorder Prevention and Health care (ITA). The purpose of the ITA is to connect multiple systems to aid in the development of practitioners who are broadly prepared to address the opioid crisis. Method: Herein, we use preliminary descriptive methods to illustrate early outcomes related to 30 weeks of interprofessional training rotations across all system levels related to policy, prevention, treatment, integrated care, harm reduction and recovery support services. Results: Overall, the ITA has assisted fellows in garnering 7,257 hr of training to become holistically competent behavioral health providers. Preliminary data indicate that most cohort graduates intend to pursue employment in a telehealth or primary care setting that serves medically underserved communities.
KW - Behavioral health training
KW - Interprofessional training
KW - Opioid crisis
KW - Opioid use disorder
KW - Workforce development
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U2 - 10.1037/fsh0000743
DO - 10.1037/fsh0000743
M3 - Article
C2 - 36508627
AN - SCOPUS:85143994020
SN - 1091-7527
VL - 40
SP - 552
EP - 558
JO - Families, Systems and Health
JF - Families, Systems and Health
IS - 4
ER -