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）建议开发一个神经科学和药物滥用和成瘾（成瘾科学）课程的生物学，可以很容易地注入到现有的成瘾咨询，刑事司法，护理和社会工作的本科入门课程，并研究其对学生的知识和态度的影响。具体而言，NECP旨在解决有关成瘾研究科学的传播和理解的四个问题。首先，大多数关于成瘾科学的教育课程侧重于K-12年级的学生或在治疗或预防领域执业的专业人员，很少强调大学生。第二，刑事司法，护理和社会工作的学术课程并没有始终如一地为学生提供足够的药物滥用信息。第三，学术课程很难在现有的药物滥用课程学习计划中找到空间。最后，关于成瘾咨询的学术课程向学生传授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）调查内华达州里诺大学（UNR）的刑事司法、护理和社会工作系，以确定当前课程中成瘾科学内容的数量，（c）创建课程灌输模型，以增加目标学术部门采用的可能性，以及（d）调查学术成瘾咨询计划，以确定成瘾科学信息在课程和课程中的渗透水平。Paula Riggs博士是NECP的指定科学家，将指导成瘾科学课程的内容开发。发展，实施，输液，和评价的NECP提出的科学成瘾课程将集中在以下研究问题：暴露于课程输液导致增加知识成瘾的科学;暴露于课程输液导致减少对物质滥用者的污名化态度;是实施保真度与学生的知识增益;以及，是与知识获得相关的课程（学生和教师）的报告满意度。满意度调查将用于教师和学生关于课程，而知识测试和态度的措施将用于学生（前和后测试管理）。对课程的忠实度将通过教师的自我报告和评估员的观察来评估。最后，国家教育合作方案将利用技术转让的原则来提高对课程的认识并促进其使用（例如，利用科学促进科学的使用）。

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).