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The research aims to assess the integration of an addiction clinic within an internal medicine practice and its impact on residents' training and confidence.

February 13, 2026Academic Medicine

Development of an addiction medicine clinic integrated into an internal medicine ambulatory practice

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MBMichael BinderUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center MBMarisa BrizziCincinnati Health Department SSSally A. SantenUniversity of Cincinnati

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Develops an addiction medicine clinic to improve treatment of substance use disorders in internal medicine residents, suggesting enhanced training benefits.

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The research aims to assess the integration of an addiction clinic within an internal medicine practice and its impact on residents' training and confidence.
Developed an addiction medicine clinic in collaboration with internal medicine residents.
Utilized a formative logic model to evaluate clinic outcomes over the first 15 weeks.
Collected data on patient visits and substance use disorder diagnoses.
Administered pre-post surveys to assess resident confidence in addiction-related tasks and used the McNemar test for comparisons.
Residents reported increased confidence in making substance use disorder diagnoses (36% to 91%, P = .03).
Confidence in interpreting urine drug screens improved (36% to 91%, P = .03).
Significant increase in confidence in initiating buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (9% to 73%, P = .02).
In the 15 weeks, the clinic had 73 patient visits, with 51% diagnosed with opioid use disorder.

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Binder et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698ebf5085a1ff6a93016a0b https://doi.org/10.1093/acamed/wvaf097

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Develops an addiction medicine clinic to improve treatment of substance use disorders in internal medicine residents, suggesting enhanced training benefits.

Development of an addiction medicine clinic integrated into an internal medicine ambulatory practice

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Development of an addiction medicine clinic integrated into an internal medicine ambulatory practice

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