Interprofessional Training for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: A Pilot Project of Student Outcome Analysis of Interprofessional Training.

PURPOSE: The current project evaluated the effectiveness of an innovative training curriculum for improving health care providers' competence of interprofessional collaborations for co-occurring substance use and mental illness services.

METHOD: The curriculum included supervised clinical practice in opioid use disorder treatment settings, a fully online 12-module curriculum based on competencies established by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC), dedicated webinar series, and a web-based learning community.

RESULTS

Outcome analysis indicated that students and their supervisors saw improvement in key areas of IPEC competencies.

CONCLUSION

Findings suggest a beneficial impact of interprofessional education for interprofessional collaboration.