1. **Program Description & Model**

The *Transforming the Academic Preparation of Health Professionals: Competency-Based SBIRT Training (UMKC SBIRT)* program is developing and integrating a sustainable SBIRT training curriculum into baccalaureate and advanced practice nursing and master of social work programs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Additionally, training curriculum is being disseminated to local and regional (Western Missouri/Eastern Kansas) healthcare systems and training programs.

The UMKC SBIRT program has three goals. The first goal is to****integrate SBIRT into the didactics and clinical practice experiences of UMKC’s baccalaureate nursing (BSN), nurse practitioner (NP; family, adult/gerontology primary care, pediatrics, psychiatric/mental health, and women’s health tracks), and master of social work (MSW) programs. This includes developing SBIRT training curriculum (didactics, role plays, and standardized patient scenarios) that is reflective of each student group and addresses local/regional patient demographics. Also, faculty and clinical preceptors are being trained to educate and supervise students on SBIRT. The second goal is to train BSN, NP, and MSW students to competently deliver SBIRT, as measured by an SBIRT adherence scale, through practice with standardized patients and in clinical rotations. The third goal is to ensure the successful continuation of the project and disseminate SBIRT training to local and state-wide medical communities. To do this, a Council of Directors, made up of key project personnel, SBIRT Curriculum Teaching Faculty, clinical preceptors, community partners, and student representatives, will steer policy and procedures, monitor programs, review reports, and develop sustainability plans.

The UMKC SBIRT program will decrease negative attitudes that have hindered adoption of SBIRT in clinical practice, as well as focus on systems change needed to fully implement SBIRT into clinical settings. The project will have a multiplicative effect and**increase future capacity to address substance use in medical systems and settings in the Kansas City metro area, Western Missouri, and Eastern Kansas. The program will also have a national reach as we train health professionals across the country through an online continuing education course.

2. **Special/Unique Features**

A unique feature of the UMKC SBIRT program is its use of standardized patient actors to provide students, faculty, and clinical preceptors with hands-on SBIRT practice. Trainees receive multiple opportunities to practice with standardized patients to increase their comfort and competency in delivering brief interventions prior to implementing SBIRT in clinical practice.

Another special feature of the program is its dissemination of training curriculum to the region. Trainings are being held to disseminate SBIRT practices in local and regional systems of care and via an online course that will be offered for continuing education units by leveraging resources of an online learning management site maintained by the Collaborative for Excellence in Behavioral Health Research and Practice at UMKC. Finally, we are disseminating the UMKC SBIRT program to other local/regional health professional training programs.

3. **Contact information for the project director**

Program Director:  Heather J. Gotham, PhD, UMKC School of Nursing & Health Studies, gothamhj@umkc.edu, 816-235-5058