Background: Physicians regardless of specialty will encounter patients who have experienced addiction, making addiction medicine training vital. Unfortunately, medical schools devote little time to addiction-related training, with many students graduating without adequate knowledge or skills to treat patients with substance use disorders (SUD).

Methods: Michigan State University (MSU) created a pilot 4-week addiction medicine elective for PGY-1 students with the goal of increasing student’s knowledge, awareness, and skills in assessing patients with SUD. The Addiction Medicine Student Interest Group (AMSIG) was created to implement additional foundational principles. The 4-week elective was developed and made available to students online, including asynchronous modules, small and large group meetings, clinical cases, and expert and patient interviews. Utilizing these methods allowed for a broader reach and appealed to multiple learning styles. AMSIG held several events beginning with a de-stigmatization campaign where people-first language was emphasized. Other events included a patient panel, and naloxone and buprenorphine educational sessions.

Results: 36 PGY-1 students at MSU-CHM (MSU College of Human Medicine) completed a baseline attitudes survey in May 2021. An overwhelming majority of students “agreed” or “strongly agreed” that physicians who diagnose SUD early improve the chance of treatment success (89%), family involvement is a very important part of SUD treatment (97%), SUD is treatable (92%), alcohol use disorder is treatable (97%). The majority “disagreed” or “strongly disagreed” that once a patient is abstinent and off all medication for their SUD, no further contact with a physician is necessary (100%), a patient with SUD who has relapsed several times probably cannot be treated (100%), a patient with a SUD cannot be helped until they hit “rock bottom” (94%). The de-stigmatization campaign had 21 participants, the patient panel had 30 attendees, the naloxone training was overwhelmingly popular with 66 participants, and the buprenorphine session had 26 participants.

Conclusion: Early supplementation of the medical school curriculum with addiction medicine training can boost students’ confidence in their ability to assess patients with SUD. Moving forward, the goal is to share what MSU-CHM has learned from the elective and AMSIG. Our hope is that other medical schools will incorporate these principles into their curriculums.

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