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The Impact Of An Opioid Use Disorder Immersive Education Experience On Preprofessional Health Care Students’ Development Of Hope And Hopeful Communication (Dissertation), Kerri Green Ms, Edd
The Impact Of An Opioid Use Disorder Immersive Education Experience On Preprofessional Health Care Students’ Development Of Hope And Hopeful Communication (Dissertation), Kerri Green Ms, Edd
Department of Education
Currently, the prescription opioid and heroin overdose epidemic is the worst public health crisis in Pennsylvania and addiction problems within the Lehigh Valley far outpace the number of health professionals trained to provide care in the field of Addiction Medicine. Additionally, negative attitudes towards individuals with substance use disorder are prevalent among health care providers. Unfortunately, this trend may continue as preprofessional health care curricula across many disciplines still lack the social, emotional, and behavioral competencies to treat patients with substance use disorder. Lehigh Valley Health Network has been an integral community-based partner in addressing the multi-faceted disease of Opioid …