Addiction Medicine Summer Course - School of Medicine and Health Sciences Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia

2/20/2019 12:00:00 AM

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Addiction is a chronic relapsing condition involving brain circuits mediating reward, motivation, and memory. It is manifested in compulsive behaviour, such as using addictive substances or conducting certain behaviours (gambling, online gaming, etc.). Addiction is classified under the mental, behavioural, and neurodevelopmental disorder in the International Classification of Disease (ICD) 11, as disorders due to substance use or addictive behaviours.

School of Medicine and Health Sciences Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia developed a competency-based Addiction Medicine training as a 5-week elective block in the undergraduate education for 4^th-year medical students. Since 2018, this block has been offered to medical students across the nation and overseas as a summer school in addiction medicine. The summer school consists of four modules that can be chosen by the students.

 

Objectives:

1. Improving medical students’ understanding in various addiction medicine topics (basic sciences, clinical aspects, and other related issues).
2. Improving medical students’ clinical skills in performing public education, screening, and early psychosocial intervention for patients with addiction problems.

 

Module 1: The Science of Addiction

Period: August 12^th – 16^th 2019

Learn the basic concept of addiction, pharmacology of addictive substances, and the psychopathology of addiction.

Module 2: Clinical Aspects of Addiction

Period: August 19^th – 23^rd 2019

Learn the various methods of addiction care, including field visit to the Drug Dependence Hospital, the Rehabilitation Centre of the National Narcotics Board, and the Community-based Addiction Care Centre.

Module 3: The ‘New Trend’ in Addiction

Period: September 2^nd – 6^th 2019

Learn the behavioural, new psychoactive substance, the prescribed drugs addiction, and addiction in a special population.

Module 4: Skills Training (Workshops)

Period: September 9^th – 12^th 2019

Workshop on: addiction counselling, the Alcohol Smoking Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) and Brief Intervention, and public education on addiction topic.