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Addiction Medicine Fellowship Curricula: How Programs are Meeting ACGME Requirements and Providing Educational Innovation.
| Τίτλος: | Addiction Medicine Fellowship Curricula: How Programs are Meeting ACGME Requirements and Providing Educational Innovation. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Sokol R; Tufts Addiction Medicine Fellowship at CHA, Tufts Family Medicine Residency Program, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Malden, MA, USA., Brodsky BS; Tufts Family Medicine Residency Program, Cambridge Health Alliance, MA, USA., Jaffe G; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
| Πηγή: | Substance use & addiction journal [Subst Use Addctn J] 2026 Oct; Vol. 47 (4), pp. 1130-1137. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 May 25. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Sage Publishing Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9918750589006676 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2976-7350 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 29767342 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Subst Use Addctn J Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publishing, [2024]- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Fellowships and Scholarships*/standards , Curriculum*/standards , Addiction Medicine*/education , Education, Medical, Graduate*/standards , Accreditation*, Humans ; Surveys and Questionnaires |
| Περίληψη: | Background: As of 2026, physicians must complete an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited addiction medicine fellowship to seek addiction medicine board certification. While the ACGME has developed general goals and objectives, they also allow for curricular flexibility. Little is known, however, about how individual programs meet these requirements. Objective: To describe how addiction medicine fellowship training programs meet ACGME requirements, including commonalities and innovative curricular and education strategies. Methods: In 2025, 5 experts in addiction education developed a survey tool to capture comparisons of addiction medicine fellowship curricula. The principal investigator (R.S.) sent this survey via e-mail to 104 addiction fellowship program directors; responses were kept anonymous and not linked to individual programs. Data were analyzed using quantitative descriptive statistics and inductive and deductive thematic analysis. Results: Forty-seven of 104 program directors (45%) completed the survey. Program directors described both shared elements and unique features of their curricula, reflecting differences in program settings, available community resources, specialty focus, faculty diversity and expertise, and patient population. Conclusion: There is a wide array of curricula that meet addiction medicine fellowship ACGME requirements. Future research and efforts should describe individual programs' curricula in more depth to support new and existing programs in growing and improving their programs to suit the growing demand for diverse practices in addiction medicine and to recruit fellows with aligned interests. |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: addiction medicine fellowship; curriculum; graduate medical education; program director; survey |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260526 Date Completed: 20260915 Latest Revision: 20260915 |
| Update Code: | 20260915 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/29767342261444855 |
| PMID: | 42186212 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2976-7350 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/29767342261444855 |