"Because of this rotation, this is what I want to do": Implementation and evaluation of a telehealth opioid use disorder clinical placement for nurse practitioner students.
"Because of this rotation, this is what I want to do": Implementation and evaluation of a telehealth opioid use disorder clinical placement for nurse practitioner students.
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“因为这次轮换,这就是我想做的事情”:为护士实习生实施和评估远程医疗阿片类药物使用障碍临床安置。
DOI:
10.1097/jxx.0000000000000949
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Aronowitz,ShoshanaV
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作者:
French,Rachel;Lyons,Erica;Schachter,Allison;Treston,JuneA;Marshall,Ami;Lattimer,Jennie;Bisaga,Adam;Behar,Emily;Aronowitz,ShoshanaV
The lack of clinicians comfortable prescribing buprenorphine is a barrier to access for people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Accordingly, a telehealth OUD treatment clinic, Ophelia, launched a clinical training program for nurse practitioner (NP) students. The goal of this study was to assess a telehealth-based model of OUD clinical training. To evaluate the program, we (1) identified students' knowledge related to providing OUD care to patients before and after their clinical rotation with Ophelia and (2) characterized students' attitudes about providing OUD care following their clinical rotation with Ophelia. Online pre-and postsurveys were conducted with 57 and 29 students, respectively, and semistructured interviews were conducted with 19 students who completed clinical rotations with Ophelia. We used quantitative descriptive analysis to compare presurvey and postsurvey results and conducted thematic analysis to analyze qualitative interview data. We identified three themes from the interviews: the continuum of learning opportunities, the comfort providing OUD treatment following participants' clinical rotation, and the relevance of a substance use disorder clinical rotation for all NP students. The survey also supported these findings. Of note, there were descriptive differences between presurvey and postsurvey responses related to an increase in knowledge, preparedness, and acquisition of skills to treat OUD. Using a telehealth clinical rotation for NP students to learn about OUD treatment may represent an important step in increasing the number of clinicians who can prescribe buprenorphine. These findings can inform interventions and policies that target clinician training barriers.