Marshall University team sharing expertise on addiction education
| A group from Marshall University shared their expertise at the 2018 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Interprofessional Education Collaborative’s Addiction Educational Interprofessional Summit, “Enhancing Addiction Education Across the Health Professions,” in Washington, D.C. last week. The Marshall team included Amy Saunders, director of Student Health Education programs and chair of Marshall’s Recovery Coalition; Dr. Marianna Footo-Linz, chair of the psychology department; Dr. Lyn O’Connell, clinical coordinator of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT); Dr. Penny Koontz, a faculty member in the psychology doctoral program; Dr. Brittany Riley, faculty in the School of Pharmacy; and Dr. Gretchen Pfost and Dr. Rania Karim, both faculty members in Marshall’s School of Physical Therapy. At the summit, the team led a panel session sharing their efforts to increase addiction and mental health education across all health professions fields at Marshall and in the community. The information was presented to other health professionals and medical schools in the hope that similar collaborative models will be created. |