NIDA Enters College: Infusing the Science of Addiction into University Curricula

描述（由申请人提供）：NIDA进入大学项目（NECP）提出开发一门药物滥用和成瘾的神经科学和生物学（成瘾科学）课程，可以很容易地融入现有的成瘾咨询，刑事司法，护理和社会工作本科入门课程，并研究其对学生的知识和态度的影响。具体来说，NECP试图解决关于成瘾研究科学的传播和理解的四个确定的问题。首先，大多数关于成瘾科学的教育课程集中在K-12年级的学生或在治疗或预防领域的专业人士身上，很少强调大学生。其次，刑事司法、护理和社会工作方面的学术课程并没有始终如一地向学生提供有关药物滥用的充分信息。第三，学术课程很难在现有的学习计划中找到药物滥用课程的空间。最后，关于成瘾咨询的学术课程教给学生成瘾科学的数据有限。NECP将通过以下方式解决这四个问题：(a)开发专门为本科生设计的成瘾科学课程，(b)调查内华达大学里诺分校（UNR）的刑事司法、护理和社会工作学院，以确定当前课程中成瘾科学内容的数量，(c)创建课程注入模式，以增加目标学术部门采用的可能性。(d)调查学术成瘾咨询项目，以确定成瘾信息科学在课程和课程中的渗透程度。宝拉·里格斯博士是NECP指定的科学家，她将指导成瘾科学课程的内容开发。NECP提出的成瘾科学课程的开发、实施、灌输和评估将集中在以下研究问题上：接触课程灌输是否会增加成瘾科学的知识；接受课程灌输是否会减少对药物滥用者的污名化态度？实施的保真度是否与学生的知识收获有关？报告的课程满意度（包括学生和教师）与知识获取有关吗？将对教师和学生对课程进行满意度调查，并对学生进行知识测试和态度测量（考试前和考试后管理）。对课程的忠实程度将通过教师自我报告和评估员观察来评估。最后，NECP将利用技术转让的原则来提高对课程的认识并促进它的使用（例如，用科学来促进科学的使用）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The NIDA Enters College Project (NECP) proposes to develop a neuroscience and biology of drug abuse and addiction (science of addiction) curriculum that can be easily infused into existing introductory undergraduate college courses in addiction counseling, criminal justice, nursing and social work, and to study its impact on students' knowledge and attitudes. Specifically, the NECP seeks to address four identified problems regarding the dissemination and understanding of the science of addiction research. First, the majority of educational curricula regarding the science of addiction focuses on students in grades K-12 or on professionals practicing in the treatment or prevention fields, with little emphasis on college students. Second, academic programs in criminal justice, nursing and social work do not consistently provide students with adequate information on substance abuse. Third, it is difficult for academic programs to find room in their existing programs of study for substance abuse curriculum. Lastly, there is limited data regarding what academic programs in addiction counseling teach students about the science of addiction. NECP will address these four problems by (a) developing a science of addiction curriculum specifically designed for undergraduate college students, (b) surveying University of Nevada Reno's (UNR) criminal justice, nursing and social work faculty to establish the amount of science of addiction content in current courses, (c) creating a curricular infusion model in order to increase the likelihood of adoption by targeted academic departments, and (d) surveying academic addiction counseling programs to determine the level of penetration of the science of addiction information in courses and curriculum. Dr Paula Riggs is NECP's designated scientist and will guide the content development of the science of addiction curriculum. Development, implementation, infusion, and evaluation of the NECP proposed science of addiction curriculum will focus on the following research questions: Does exposure to the curriculum infusion lead to increased knowledge of the science of addiction; does exposure to the curriculum infusion lead to a reduction of stigmatizing attitudes towards substance abusers; is implementation fidelity associated with student knowledge gain; and, is the reported satisfaction with curriculum (both student and instructor) associated with knowledge gain. Satisfaction surveys will be used for both faculty and students regarding the curriculum while knowledge tests and attitude measures will be used with students (pre and post test administration). Fidelity to the curriculum will be evaluated by instructor self-report and by evaluator observation. Finally, the NECP will use the tenets of technology transfer to increase the awareness of the curriculum and promote its use (e.g. using science to promote the use of science).