Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana 2019
Training Family Medicine Residents and Health Care Trainees to Address Substance Misuse in Montana
With this grant, the Family Medical Residency of Western Montana (FMRWM) created a curriculum and trained family medicine residents in screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) to identify and provide effective initial treatment for people with undiagnosed SUDs. The training was provided to a total of 90 staff, residents, faculty, and health care trainees in medicine at the Partnership Health Center. Overall, participants showed a statistically significant and positive change in competence, confidence, readiness, and knowledge on conducting SBIRT with patients. The grant also helped train individuals on how to be SBIRT trainers, including Partnership Health Center's director of behavioral health, FMRWM's behavioral science and addiction medicine faculty members, and the University of Montana's director of integrated behavioral health. This will help strengthen the capacity of FMRWM, Partnership Health Center, and the University of Montana to provide SBIRT training in the future and integrate SBIRT more fully into the residency curriculum. SBIRT is now included as a module for interns, SBIRT training is required for residents, and buprenorphine waiver training is required for interns. While implementation of SBIRT in the clinic was delayed due to COVID, integration with the residency program and Partnership Health Center is underway.