TY - JOUR
KW - Buprenorphine/therapeutic use
KW - Certification
KW - Education
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Health Occupations/education
KW - Humans
KW - Narcotic Antagonists/therapeutic use
KW - Opioid-Related Disorders/drug therapy
KW - Practice Patterns, Physicians'
KW - United States
KW - United States Department of Veterans Affairs
KW - Veterans
AU - A. J. Gordon
AU - J. Liberto
AU - S. Granda
AU - S. Salmon-Cox
AU - T. Andree
AU - L. McNicholas
A1 - 
AB - Despite the high numbers of veterans with opioid dependence, few receive pharmacologic treatment for this disorder. The adoption of buprenorphine treatment within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been slow. To expand capacity for buprenorphine treatment, the VHA sponsored two eight-hour credentialing courses for the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000. We sought to describe the outcomes of such training. Following the training sessions, 29 participants (18 physicians) were highly satisfied with course content and affirmed their intention to prescribe buprenorphine; after nine-month follow-up, two physicians were prescribing. We conclude that providing credentialing courses, while popular, did not markedly promote the prescription of buprenorphine.
BT - The American journal on addictions
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use; Education & Workforce
CP - 6
CY - England
DO - 10.1080/10550490802408613
IS - 6
JF - The American journal on addictions
N2 - Despite the high numbers of veterans with opioid dependence, few receive pharmacologic treatment for this disorder. The adoption of buprenorphine treatment within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been slow. To expand capacity for buprenorphine treatment, the VHA sponsored two eight-hour credentialing courses for the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000. We sought to describe the outcomes of such training. Following the training sessions, 29 participants (18 physicians) were highly satisfied with course content and affirmed their intention to prescribe buprenorphine; after nine-month follow-up, two physicians were prescribing. We conclude that providing credentialing courses, while popular, did not markedly promote the prescription of buprenorphine.
PP - England
PY - 2008
SN - 1521-0391; 1055-0496
SP - 459
EP - 462
EP - 
T1 - Outcomes of DATA 2000 certification trainings for the provision of buprenorphine treatment in the Veterans Health Administration
T2 - The American journal on addictions
TI - Outcomes of DATA 2000 certification trainings for the provision of buprenorphine treatment in the Veterans Health Administration
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use; Education & Workforce
U2 - 19034736
U3 - 10.1080/10550490802408613
VL - 17
VO - 1521-0391; 1055-0496
Y1 - 2008
ER -