Eight-hour medication-assisted treatment waiver training for opioid use disorder: integration into medical school curriculum

Figures & data

Table 1. Pre-survey and post-survey results compiled from all medical students (n = 141) who completed the medication-assisted treatment waiver training

		Pre-MAT waiver training	Post-MAT waiver training
	Survey question	n (%)	n (%)	P value
Knowledge
3	I am knowledgeable about the opioid epidemic.			<.0001
	Agree^a	76 (54)	121 (86)
	Neutral	54 (38)	19 (13)
	Disagree^b	11 (8)	1 (1)
4	I can identify a patient with opioid addiction and ask appropriate questions.			<.0001
	Agree	64 (45)	112 (80)
	Neutral	53 (38)	27 (19)
	Disagree	24 (17)	2 (1)
5	I am familiar with buprenorphine/naloxone in medication-assisted treatment.			<.0001
	Agree	51 (36)	129 (91)
	Neutral	49 (35)	11 (8)
	Disagree	41 (29)	1 (1)
Skills
2	Based on my experience so far, the medical school and/or clinical rotations have prepared me to handle patients with opioid addiction.			<.0001
	Agree	50 (36)	83 (59)
	Neutral	58 (41)	39 (28)
	Disagree	33 (23)	19 (13)
6	I feel comfortable managing a patient with opioid addiction.			<.0001
	Agree	21 (15)	91 (65)
	Neutral	51 (36)	43 (30)
	Disagree	69 (49)	7 (5)
Attitudes
1	The training would be beneficial to complete for my intended future specialty.			0.5808
	Agree	103 (73)	110 (78)
	Neutral	34 (24)	27 (19)
	Disagree	4 (3)	4 (3)
Future plans
7	I plan to prescribe buprenorphine/naloxone once I start practicing medicine.			<.0001
	Agree	49 (35)	88 (62)
	Neutral	73 (52)	45 (32)
	Disagree	19 (13)	8 (6)

^aAgree = Strongly agree + agree.

^bDisagree = Strongly disagree + disagree

McNemar Bowker test was used to assess significant change.

Table 2. Comparison of students in different intended specialties for question #1 ‘The training would be beneficial to complete for my intended future specialty.’

Specialty	n	Presurvey Likert mean of specialty	Presurvey Likert mean of all others	p-alue
Primary care
Internal Medicine	29	4.28	4.04	0.2664
Pediatrics	7	3.43	4.13	0.1007
Family medicine	6	4.5	4.07	0.2677
Others
Emergency medicine	23	4.35	4.04	0.1374
Surgery	18	3.89	4.12	0.6154
Psychiatry	7	4.86	4.05	0.0172
OB/GYN	5	4.20	4.09	0.9924
PM&R	3	4.67	4.08	*
Radiology	3	3.00	4.1	*
Ophthalmology	2	4.50	4.09	*
Anesthesia	1	4.00	4.09	*
Neurology	1	3.00	4.1	*
Radiology	1	3.00	4.1	*
Dermatology	1	3.00	4.1	*
Unsure	34	3.88	4.16	0.0516

^aSample size too small to conduct Mann–Whitney U test.

Data availability statement

Raw data have been published on Figshare on the following website. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12142068