Training for SBI

1. Alcohol Clinical Training Project: Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention On-Line Training
   Helping Patients with Alcohol Problems is a freely available web-based training curriculum geared toward generalist clinicians. This evidence-based curriculum is a tool used for teaching skills for addressing alcohol problems (e.g. screening, assessment, brief intervention, and referral) in primary care settings, and emphasizes knowledge and skills regarding cross-cultural efficacy.
   

2. Join Together Online
   A program to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment has compiled this excellent web page which includes a non-technical description of screening and brief intervention, links to articles, web pages and an online screening tool.
   
   
3. Patients with Alcohol Problems in the Emergency Department
   This online two-part series provides the educator and the learner with evidence-based information regarding alcohol screening, brief intervention, and a detailed description of the Brief Negotiation Interview (BNI).
   
   
4. Helping Patients with Alcohol Problems: A Clinician Guide
   Implementation guide for primary care practitioners, developed by the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
   
   
5. Emergency Department Alcohol Education Project
   This web site has been funded in part by the NIAAA and supported by ENA, ACEP and SAEM. Its goal is to promote the adoption of screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) among emergency department (ED) providers and includes educational materials and an online curriculum on SBIRT.
   
   
6. Alcohol use problems
   Online CME course on alcohol screening, assessment, and intervention. Includes case studies.
   
   
7. Project MAINSTREAM
   A professional development program in substance abuse for faculty who train generalist health and human service providers throughout the United States. Educational resources and mentoring programs are available through this project.
   
   
8. TIP 16: Alcohol and Other Drug Screening for Hospitalized Trauma Patients
   This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) recommends alcohol and drug screening (blood and urine) of injured patients aged 14 and older at hospital admission. A comprehensive substance abuse assessment is outlined and some brief intervention techniques are described.
   
   
9. Quick Guide for Clinicians Based on TIPS 31 and 32: Screening, Assessing, and Treating Adolescents for Substance Use Disorders
   This Quick Guide is based in TIP 31, Screening and Assessing Adolescents for Substance Abuse Disorders, and TIP 32, Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders, which are part of the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) series, published by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
   
   
10. TIP 34: Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse
    This TIP responds to an increasing body of research literature that documents the effectiveness of brief interventions and therapies in both the mental health and substance abuse treatment fields. The TIP will also be useful for health care workers, social services providers who work outside the substance abuse treatment field, people in the criminal justice system, and anyone else who may be called on to intervene with a person who has substance abuse problems.
    
    
11. TIP 26C: Substance Abuse Among Older Adults
    This TIP recommends practices for identifying, screening, assessing, and treating alcohol and prescription drug abuse among older adults. It is designed for substance abuse treatment providers, primary care clinicians, social workers, and senior center staff.
    
    
12. Health Professional Students for Substance Abuse Training
    A group formed by students for students of multiple health related disciplines. The goal of the group and the web site is for all graduating health care professional students to have the skills to appropriately screen, diagnose and provide intervention for patients with substance abuse problems. A wide variety of resources and educational opportunities are posted on this web site.
    
    
13. The State of the Art in Addiction Medicine
    This online course on the state of the art in addiction medicine provides an important link between cutting-edge scientific research and clinical practice. The course showcases the most recent findings in addiction research, reported by the nation's leading addiction researchers. 15 CME can be awarded upon completion.