Drug Overviews
Understanding a variety of substances is an important component of SBIRT. Each module focuses on a single drug or drug class and covers historical impacts, social influences, physical and behavioral effects, health consequences, and dependence concepts. National and state data are also provided. Available modules include:
This module provides a comprehensive overview of the use of SBIRT in primary care settings. This educational module has been designed for professionals and students in many fields, including healthcare, mental health, justice/legal, education, substance abuse prevention, and public health. The purpose of this hour-long module is to provide a foundational introduction to SBIRT.
By the end of the module, participants should be able to complete the following objectives:
- Describe the relationship between levels of alcohol and drug use and SBIRT,
- Identify the outcomes and efficacy of SBIRT,
- Define SBIRT and its role in healthcare,
- Examine screening tools used in the application of SBIRT,
- Recognize and explore best practices in the implementation of a brief intervention, and
- Explore SBIRT training and implementation standards.
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing is a one-hour self-paced training that is geared toward professionals in healthcare, behavioral healthcare, and allied healthcare settings. This introductory course is intended to be used as a primer to an applied Introduction to Motivational Interviewing training that would provide opportunities to practice the information introduced in this course.
This one-hour self-paced course is a follow-up training to the Introduction to Motivational Interviewing module. This course is geared toward professionals in healthcare, behavioral healthcare, addictions treatment, and allied healthcare settings who already have an understanding of motivational interviewing. This course focuses on strengthening early knowledge through practice. This course also encourages a deeper understanding of MI by focusing on higher-level skills.
In this course, participants will meet the following applied objectives:
- Practice the application of core skills and concepts within the context of each of the four motivational interviewing processes (Engage, Focus, Evoke, Plan),
- Recognize change talk and sustain talk,
- Observe and manage discord, and
- Understand resources for developing MI competence.
This course is intended to be a follow-up to the Introduction to Motivational Interviewing module. Additional practice and in-person training with coaching and feedback is recommended for further development of motivational interviewing competency.
This course is based on Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change (3rd ed.), (Miller & Rollnick, 2013).
SBIRT Implementation is a one-hour module that provides a step-by-step understanding for implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) within an outpatient healthcare setting.
By the end of the module, you should be able to complete the following objectives:
- Describe the process for SBIRT implementation,
- Identify organizational needs to sustain SBIRT implementation,
- Explain the ongoing processes necessary to initiate and maintain successful SBIRT services, and
- Recognize ways of evaluating internal procedures for modifying SBIRT practices.
This training was developed to equip health professions students and practicing clinicians, across all disciplines, with evidence-based knowledge and skills on smoking cessation. The training focuses specifically on helping patients with co-occurring mental illness and/or substance use disorders to quit smoking.
