Article on Opiate Addiction

Putting a face to opiate addiction for students at a needle exchange programme.

Authors: Tringale R, Reilly JM.

Source: Med Educ. 2017 May;51(5):538-539. doi: 10.1111/medu.13318.

Abstract:
The resurgence in opiate addiction over the past 10 years has in part been tied to a lack of opiate addiction training in physicians and the subsequent excessive and inappropriate prescribing of opioid medications. Early medical education can teach physicians in training appropriate opioid prescribing habits and help them to develop an awareness of the trajectories that patients follow into opiate addiction. Further, there is a paucity of medical student education that uses teaching models that increase awareness of this highly stigmatised population and address the complexities of addictive behaviours and treatment.

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