Teaching physicians to address unhealthy alcohol use: A randomized controlled trial assessing the effect of a Web-based module on medical student performance

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-213

  Truncali, Andrea ^a   Lee, Joshua D ^a   Ark, Tavinder K ^b   Gillespie, Colleen ^a   Triola, Marc ^a   Hanley, Kathleen ^a   Gourevitch, Marc N ^a   Kalet, Adina L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Alcoholism multimedia; Internet; Medical education; Screening and brief intervention (SBI)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; TEACHING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 78751704919     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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