Preparing healthcare leaders to use the evidenced-based practice of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in preventing harmful or hazardous substance use among their patients.
A comprehensive and integrated public health approach that aims to address hazardous and harmful substance use in patients through universal screening for substance misuse risk and the subsequent delivery of appropriate evidence-based interventions to reduce this risk.
Pittsburgh SBIRT (PGH SBIRT), hosted by the Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU), is a national leader in substance use education, prevention, and treatment. PGH SBIRT has trained over 6,500 professionals to SBIRT proficiency across the country.
The use of validated procedures to quickly assess patient substance use risk and select appropriate care.
A 5-15 minute discussion that aims to increase patient understanding of the risks and build toward behavior change.
This link includes SBIRT introduction material and resources for preceptors working with students in clinical settings.
This toolkit contains helpful guides for course administrators on:
1) Identifying student training requirements,
2) Describing the student self-enrollment process,
3) Monitoring student training progress, and;
4) Describing the clinical application self-assessment scoring process.
This course provides an overview of SBIRT and student training modules for Community Champions who have an interest in working with our trainees.
This course is being phased out and replaced by the Faculty and Champion course 2.0 which reflects curriculum updated in January 2018.
A library of resources for Faculty and Course Champions
A library of resources for all SBIRT Trainees/Students.
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These modules are a required component of your MS4 MOUD training.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Faculty:
Dr. Antoine Douaihy
Dr. Julie Kmiec
This series of brief videos addresses topics important to patient care and OUD recovery.
