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Show Dcmbr U of U 5, 2002 Th Tlm-lndpnd- Extra! nt Pag 18 program to teach physicians diagnosis, treatment, management of addiction Utah Addiction Center, Physicians can't successfully tieat addiction unless they know how to recognize it That's the basic premise behind a comprehensive new addiction curriculum for in spend with each patient, and diagnostic clues As an example, Hardy cited the patient who complains to his doctor of a persistent stomach ache. Ulcers are diagnosed, but the underlying cause of the ulcers may be alcohol abuse. Such dual diagnoses are becoming increasingly common, she said. A large percentage of home accidents, car accidents, even child abuse assaults a substance have cases abuse component. Faculty representatives from all of the participating primary care departments, as well as the departments of obstetrics and gynecology. Most medical students are trained if they aren't familiar with substance abuse, they could miss some very important medicine and inadequately busy practices, they might have just a few minutes to primary care physicians, funded by a $50,000 donation from the Edward G Callister Foundation to the Utah Addiction Center. The center, a University of Utah Health Sciences Center program, will pilot the teaching template beginning next July for resident physicians in the fields of pediatrics, internal and medicine, family preventive later, in hour of instruction in the subject, said Barbara Hardy, Ph D., associate director of the human SPECIAL TRIP FOR MOABITES and design, Implement and evaluate the addiction curriculum. Training for new residents will include an physicians' awareness to change it's important they The Utah Addiction Center is dedicated to the prevention of chemical addiction and the improvement of patient care experiences some type of through research, education, and clinical training Co-d-u ectors are Edward B. M D., professor and Clark, chair of the University medical school's Department of know how common addiction is, that one person in 10 problem with substances. One of the center's main overview of the problem of chemical addiction and such topics as how to assess for educational messages, is that to Hardy, according substance abuse, medical preventable and addiction Is treatable. Addiction is a chronic, not a relapsing disease moral weakness or failure, she said. Pre- - and post testing of the curriculum will allow planners to measure a critical qualitative component. We want to know If and how our training changes physician behavior, Hardy said. The Callister Foundation gift will fund the addiction curriculum pilot program for two management for detoxification and managing patients with chronic pain. In addition to traditional written materials, the curriculum will Include a web site and a videotape library of former substance abusers revealing deceptions they use to prevent doctors from recognizing their addictions. The curriculum Is an first step in two overcoming major hurdles important associated with substance abuse to visit Belize this January? genetics psychiatry, are participating on a multidisciplinary committee to stigma and denial, said Hardy, former director of Salt lake County's substance abuse program. We want substance abuse Is Pediatrics, and John KIIS Home for Sale with Keaticted Title Sea Kayak Glovers Reef, k itinerary at our private island, $S00 off! For Moab residents only! 18, 2003 January 10 - years. 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