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Bridget M. Kuehn

JAMA. 2007;297:1763.

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Despite the huge impact of substance abuse and addiction on health, few medical students and residents in the United States receive enough training in the diagnosis and treatment of these disorders. But the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), in collaboration with the American Medical Association, hopes that the establishment of four new Centers of Excellence for Physician Information will help improve the substance abuse training medical students and residents receive at US medical schools.

The initiative, launched in January, is targeted specifically at students and residents in primary care specialties. Primary care physicians often provide substance abuse screening and treatment first.

Developing skills for interviewing patients will be emphasized at several medical schools working to improve addiction treatment training for physicians. Many will ask students to practice using electronic patient simulators like those pictured here. (Photo credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine)

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