Welcome to the Drug and Alcohol study day.
This module is designed to increase knowledge base and challenge preconceptions in the field of management of drugs and alcohol in primary care. Click here to read the intended curriculum outline and learning objectives for the module. The pre-course work is a pre-requisite for understanding the “Ask the Expert” day as the discussions and further teaching will not cover the same material but will assume that you already have some familiarity with the concepts.
The key messages contained and the learning outcomes are derived from the curriculum statement accessed via your e-portfolio and the resources suggested are from the RCGP e-learning component of the “Certificate in Management of Drug Misuse” Part 1. There is also further material included to enable you to increase your effectiveness in detection and brief intervention management of alcohol misuse.
The field is an embarrassment of riches with much academic research, clinical guidance and anecdotal evidence, however in order to provide you with a quick overview and identify tools that you can rapidly introduce into your clinical work, the material has been organised in the following manner:
| Pre-course work |
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| “Ask the Expert” |
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There are a list of resources that you may find helpful. This includes assessment tools to use when managing patients with alcohol and substance misuse, lists of services and agencies in Nottingham that can help, and also ideas of books that you may find interesting. Click on this link to go to the Resources Section of this learning module
History taking |
You may find it useful to have a thread to hang your history taking and management on when confronted with a patient presenting to you with a drug misuse problem. Click this link to access this sheet. Use this to formulate a plan and think about the services your patient could be directed toward in order to help them. Use the resources in the "Resources section" of this module to access services within Nottingham.
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| Personal learning and background reading | |
RCGP e-learning module
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The on line e-learning module from the RCGP.
There are two well-established online courses that form the first stage of the RCGP Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse - Part 1. The purpose of the teaching session is to look at two courses to be completed independently for self-directed learning. This will take about 1-1.5 hours. Click here to access the e-learning module. NB you will need to enter in your RCGP or Ait password to access the module
Additional learning for those interested to learn more If you are inclined to learn more and perhaps study for the Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse - Part 1, you can also register using the same link in order to attend an accredited face-to-face training day organised by the RCGP's Substance Misuse Unit. |
Management of Drug Misuse |
There are two scenarios to work thru. The aim of the scenarios is to help familiarize yourself with some of the guidance on assessment and harm reduction principles as detailed by the “Orange book 2007 Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management". additional reading below with links for those interested to learn more 1) If you wish to learn more about this area, you may wish to explore this link "Harm Reduction, Health and Well being for Substance Users". This comes from the Substance Misuse Management in General Practice group (SMMGP) and lists a huge page full of information linked to the RCGP Certificate resources on drug misuse. The SMMGP supports the work of primary care teams in substance misuse, as well as being a very useful site for learning materials it also hosts a forum to share management ideas with other practitioners. 2) If you wish to get more details about the "Orange Book" outlined above, you can access further information by clicking the link here. |
Video - HIV Hepatitis C and Injecting Drug Use |
A very useful background video lasting 26 minutes divided into 4 sections. Click either here or on the video to go the YouTube link
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| Management of Alcohol Misuse 1 case scenario  |
This is just one case looking at alcohol misuse to be completed in your locality group. Click here it download the case scenario with questions. You may wish to look at suggested answers to the case by clicking this link which opens the same document but with the answers |