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Prevalence of At-Risk Drinking among a National Sample of Medical Students
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Shah, Ameet Arvind; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Lindstrom, Richard W.; Wolf, Kenneth E. – Substance Abuse, 2009
As limited research exists on medical students' substance use patterns, including over-consumption of alcohol, the objective of this study was to determine prevalence and correlates of at-risk drinking among a national sample of medical students, using a cross-sectional, anonymous, Web-based survey. A total of 2710 medical students from 36 U.S.…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Schools, Incidence, Drinking
Training Medical Providers to Conduct Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions
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Babor, Thomas F.; Higgins-Biddle, John C.; Higgins, Pamela S.; Gassman, Ruth A.; Gould, Bruce E. – Substance Abuse, 2004
Although progress has been made in developing a scientific basis for alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI), training packages are necessary for its widespread dissemination in primary care settings. This paper evaluates a training package developed for the Cutting Back[R] SBI program. Three groups of medical personnel were compared before…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Physicians, Patients, Medical Education