MS Alcohol Progress Report - 2008-11

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Project Guide

Reporting Period: 11/01/08 – 11/30/08

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

Overview

In November, we made further refinements to the alcohol medical student curriculum, as well conducting a small usability session with a selection of medical school faculty chronicling the use of Standardized Patients within our curriculum.

Progress During November 2008

Milestone 1

Develop Remaining Content Modules

Task 1: Develop Remaining Educational Content and Features for Modules

• In November, we edited a previous version of the Role of the Practicing Physician in Alcohol Abuse Detection and Treatment 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 15 medical school faculty 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. We also analyzed the resulting data.

Future Needs: In the coming months, we will finalize content of the current courses, as well as finalize course content for the remaining course—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. This month, we made two presentations to AMERSA--

Wilhelm SE, Metcalf MP, Tanner TB. Improving medical student knowledge and clinical skills regarding alcohol use disorders. Oral presentation at the 32nd Annual National Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) Conference. November 2008. Washington DC. (Conference notes).

Tanner TB, Metcalf MP, Wilhelm SE. Web based training for medical students on alcohol use disorders. Oral presentation at the 32nd Annual National Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) Conference. November 2008. Washington DC. (Conference notes).

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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