MS Alcohol Progress Report - 2008-09

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Project Guide

Reporting Period: 09/01/08 – 09/30/08

Report Prepared by: Kimberly Lynn Workman, BA, PHCP and Susan Wilhelm, PhD

Overview

In September, we made further refinements to the alcohol medical student curriculum, as well as writing more of the previously proposed courses. In addition, a small usability session was performed with a selection of medical students.

Progress During September 2008

Milestone 1

Develop Remaining Content Modules

Task 1: Develop Remaining Educational Content and Features for Modules

• In September, we wrote a first draft version of three courses—Screening Assessment and Diagnosis of Alcohol Abuse or Dependence, Brief Intervention and Treatment Referral, and Psychiatric and Other Comorbidities. In addition, we finalized the course content for the Patient Case Challenges course.

Task 2: Gather and Incorporate Feedback From Project Consultants

• Consultants will be contacted when courses are finalized and reading for editorial review. This month, we performed a smaller usability study with 17 medical students in order to fully gauge the needs of these users, as well as to be assured that we were progressing in the correct direction with our already-completed courses. 94% of the respondents were in their 2nd year of medical school and their responses highlighted that they were very interested in all the suggest alcohol topics we presented, preferring case presentation to be factual information at the top of the page and case information at the bottom with two questions pertaining to the topic per page and three cases per course. Delivery of Standardized Patient information is preferred to be online and interaction scheduled between 6-8PM or at a predetermined date for 12 hours (8AM-8PM) with 1 hour or less lag time.

Future Needs: In the coming months, we will finalize content of these courses, as well as write course content for the remaining courses—The Role of the Physician and Pharmacology of Alcohol. Once courses are ready for editorial review, we will contact our consultants for their feedback.

Milestone 2

Complete Summative Evaluation of Product

Task 1: Design Evaluation

• The summative evaluation will be designed once we finalize our course structures.

Task 2: Recruit 80 Medical Students in their Second through Fourth Years of Study

• Recruitment for the summative evaluation will be completed once we finalize our course structures.

Task 3: Perform Summative Evaluation

• The summative evaluation will be performed once we finalize our course structures.

Task 4: Analyze Data

• Data analysis of the summative evaluation will be done once completed.

Future Needs: Once course content is finalized, we will recruit 80 medical students in their second through fourth years of study to perform a large-scale summative evaluation.

Milestone 3

Disseminate Results and Background Information About Curriculum

Task 1: Submit At Least One Article to a Peer-Reviewed Appropriate Publication

• Once we finalize our courses and receive summative data, we will submit an article of our results.

Task 2: Present Results to Two or More Appropriate Scientific Meetings and at the NIH’s Annual SBIR Showcase

• At present, we are finalizing a number of courses so that we can present these initial results to upcoming conferences as well as get feedback from these audiences.

Task 3: Contact Leading Medical and Substance Abuse Organizations

• Once we finalize our courses and receive our summative data, we will contact leading medical and substance abuse organizations with our results.

Future Needs: Once the courses and summative evaluation is completed, we will submit at least one article to a peer-reviewed appropriate publication, as well as presentation of results to two or more appropriate scientific meetings and at the NIH’s annual SBIR showcase.

Contact

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I can be reached at 919-960-8118 or Metcalf@clinicaltools.com Mary P. Metcalf, PhD, MPH

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