Evaluation of a student clinical research education program in addiction medicine

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Table 1. Topics of 2008–2019 CARE summer research program seminars.*

Seminar title	Times presented
Addiction and International Research	2
Addiction Research Using Large Databases	4
Alcohol: A Public Health Perspective	3
Alcohol, Drugs & HIV: Clinical Research Insights	3
Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence Newsletter	1
Building your Career in Addiction Research	3
Contingency Management and Stimulants	1
Harm Reduction	1
Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Injection Drug Users	2
How to Read Research Articles	2
Maintaining an Interest in Addiction Medicine in Your Medical Education	1
MassHEAL—A Proposal to Reduce Community Overdose by 40% in 3 Years	1
Medication Treatment for Addictive Disorders	3
Opioids: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly/Opioid Use Disorders	9
Overdose Crisis in Massachusetts	4
Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Distribution	4
Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder	10
Smoking Cessation & Health Disparities	1
Social Determinants of Addiction	3
Substance Abuse and Homelessness in Boston	4
Substance Use Policy Research	3
Substance Use Disorders as a Developmental Disorder	2
Trauma and Substance Abuse	4

*There were no seminar sessions held in 2010 or 2013.

Table 2. 2015–2019 Summer trainee experiences at observation sites.*

Observation site	Number of trainees observing at site	Mean score for accommodation of host at the observation site (1.0–5.0 scale, with 1.0 being least accommodating vs. 5.0 as being most accommodating)
Addiction Consult Service Treatment service at Boston Medical Center for inpatients with substance use disorders	21	4.81
Buprenorphine Medical Appointment Program Weekly group visit focused on buprenorphine treatment, patient education, and peer support	7	5.0
CATALYST Clinic Clinic for adolescents and young adults with substance use disorders	10	4.91
ECHO Addiction treatment training for health centres that utilizes videoconferencing technology	5	4.80
Faster Paths Clinic Urgent care center that refers patients with substance use disorders to treatment services	10	4.63
FAST PATH Clinic Clinic providing addiction treatment and HIV primary care	20	5.0
FAST PATH Support Group Weekly group for FAST PATH patients focused on providing support and facilitating recovery	19	4.63
Hope House Residential treatment program for adult men with substance use disorders	18	4.67
Opioid Treatment Program Clinic for methadone-maintained patients who receive dose adjustments and medical care	28	4.79
Office-Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) Clinic Clinic where nurse care managers provide medications for the treatment of substance use disorders and counselling	16	4.63
Primary Care Clinic Clinic where selected physicians treat patients with substance use disorders for primary care	10	4.50
Woods-Mullen Shelter Physician-led tour of a local housing facility for people experiencing homelessness	7	5.0
Overall, how useful was the observation series to you?	33 trainee responses	4.85 average (1.0–5.0 scale, with 1.0 being less useful vs. 5.0 being most useful)
How clear were directions and scheduling for your observations?	33 trainee responses	4.48 average (1.0–5.0 scale, with 1.0 being less clear and 5.0 being most clear)

*Observation sites with <5 trainees observing were not included in the table.

Table 3. Publications by 2007–2019 CARE MSSRP Participants with their faculty mentor.

Publication	Year published	CARE MSSRP participant(s)	CARE faculty mentor(s)
Are opioid dependence and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) documented in the medical record? A patient safety issue	2009	Farrar	Walley, Samet, Alford
The impact of a 25-cent-per-drink alcohol tax increase	2012	Daley	Naimi
Methadone dose, take home status, and hospital admission among methadone maintenance patients	2012	Filippell	Walley
Buprenorphine treatment for hospitalized, opioid-dependent patients: a randomized clinical trial	2014	Dossabhoy	Liebschutz
A new scale of the U.S. alcohol policy environment and its relationship to binge drinking	2014	Nguyen	Naimi
Adherence to prescription opioid monitoring guidelines among residents and attending physicians in the primary care setting	2015	Dossabhoy	Liebschutz
Differential risk factors for HIV drug and sex risk-taking among non-treatment-seeking hospitalized injection drug users	2015	Dossabhoy	Liebschutz
Alcohol policies and impaired driving in the United States: Effects of driving- vs. drinking-oriented policies	2015	Nguyen	Naimi
Youth drinking in the United States: Relationships with alcohol policies and adult drinking	2015	Nguyen	Naimi
The relationship between alcohol taxes and binge drinking: evaluating new tax measures incorporating multiple tax and beverage types	2015	Nguyen	Naimi
Hepatitis C virus testing and treatment among persons receiving buprenorphine in an office-based program for opioid use disorders	2016	Carey	Tsui
Who would pay for state alcohol tax increases in the United States?	2016	Daley	Naimi
Prescribe to prevent: Overdose prevention and naloxone rescue kits for prescribers and pharmacists	2016	Lim	Walley
Long-term retention in office based opioid treatment with buprenorphine	2017	Hui, Kim	Weinstein
Psychoactive medications and disengagement from Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) with buprenorphine	2017	Hui, Kim	Weinstein
Very early disengagement and subsequent re-engagement in primary care Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) with buprenorphine	2017	Hui, Kim	Weinstein
What do providers want to know about opioid prescribing? A qualitative analysis of their questions	2017	Hodgkin	Cushman
Polypharmacy and risk of non-fatal overdose for patients with HIV infection and substance dependence	2017	Lerner, Mauricio	Walley
Tapering off and returning to buprenorphine maintenance in a primary care Office Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) program	2018	Hui, Kim	Weinstein
Communication between nurse care managers and patients who take opioids for chronic pain: Strategies for exploring aberrant behavior	2018	Husain	Liebschutz
Polypharmacy and risk of falls and fractures for patients with HIV infection and substance dependence	2018	Lerner, Mauricio	Walley
Which patients receive an addiction consult? A preliminary analysis of the INREACH (INpatient REadmission post-Addiction Consult Help) study	2019	D’Amico	Weinstein
Reasons for opioid discontinuation and unintended consequences following opioid discontinuation within the TOPCARE trial	2019	Husain	Liebschutz
Factors associated with help seeking by community responders trained in overdose prevention and naloxone administration in Massachusetts	2019	Lim	Walley
Alcohol, age, and mortality: Estimating selection bias due to premature death	2019	Stadtmueller	Naimi
Process evaluation of counselling delivered by a patient navigator in an efficacious smoking cessation intervention among low-income primary care patients	2019	Ulrich	Lasser
Inpatient addiction consultation and post-discharge 30-day acute care utilization	2020	D’Amico	Weinstein
Stigma and quality of co-located care for HIV-positive people in addiction treatment in Ukraine: a cross-sectional study	2020	Dutta	Lunze
TB stigma and its correlates among HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Ukraine	2020	Dutta	Lunze
Resilience and diabetes self-management among African-American men receiving primary care at an urban safety-net hospital: a cross-sectional survey	2020	Jenkins	Lasser
Characteristics and receipt of medication treatment among young adults who experience a nonfatal opioid-related overdose	2020	Patel	Bagley
Trends in cannabis involvement and risk of alcohol involvement in motor vehicle crash fatalities in the United States, 2000‒2018	2021	Buczek	Naimi
Emergency department utilization among people living with HIV on chronic opioid therapy	2021	Kulkarni	Thakarar, Walley
Shorter outpatient wait-times for buprenorphine are associated with linkage to care post-hospital discharge	2021	Price	Roy, Walley
Rejection of patients with opioid use disorder referred for post-acute medical care before and after an anti-discrimination settlement in Massachusetts	2021	Rosenmoss	Kimmel
Competing risks of women and men who use fentanyl: ‘The number one thing I worry about would be my safety and number two would be overdose’	2021	Sampath	Gunn
Age-based preferences for risk communication in the fentanyl era: 'A lot of people keep seeing other people die and that’s not enough for them’	2021	Sampath	Gunn
Violence, HIV risks, and polysubstance use among HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Ukraine	2021	Schoenberger	Liebschutz

Data availability statement

The datasets used and/or analyzed for the development of this manuscript are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.