22406 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 77 / Thursday, April 21, 2011 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute on Drug Abuse 

(NIDA); Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; Study of 

Substance Abuse doc.com Module 

Project 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 concerning 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed collections of information, the 

National Institute on Drug Abuse 

(NIDA), the National Institutes of Health 

(NIH) will publish periodic summaries 

of proposed projects to be submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register in Volume 75, No. 242, pages 

79008–79009, on December 17, 2010 

and allowed 60 days for public 

comment. No public comments were 

received. The purpose of this notice is 

to allow an additional 30 days for public 

comment. 

Proposed Collection: Title: Study of 

Substance Abuse doc.com Module 

Project. Type of Information Collection 

Request: NEW. Need and Use of 

Information Collection: This is a request 

for a two-year clearance to conduct a 

research study to assess the efficacy of 

a specific interactive Web-based 

teaching module in the field of 

professional education of healthcare 

providers. This online module was 

developed as a work product by the 

same team of investigators from Drexel 

University College of Medicine 

(DUCOM) and University of 

Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Penn 

Med) under a contract as part of NIDA’s 

Centers of Excellence (CoE) for 

Physician Information. This project will 

assess efficacy of the NIDA CoE online 

teaching module with educational 

interventions in enhancing: (1) The 

knowledge of healthcare professionals 

about substance use disorders; (2) 

attitudes of healthcare professionals 

toward patients with these disorders; 

and (3) communication skills of 

healthcare professionals in providing 

assessment and referral to treatment for 

patients who abuse substances. The 

overall goal of this project is to assess 

the efficacy of an educational 

intervention, which should result in an 

increase in the involvement of primary 

care providers in the screening, 

managing and, when appropriate, 

referring patients with substance use 

disorders. This effort is made according 

to Executive Order 12862, which directs 

Federal agencies that provide significant 

services directly to the public to survey 

customers to determine the kind and 

quality of services they want and their 

level of satisfaction with existing 

services. 

The project will utilize a randomized 

cluster controlled trial design that 

compares the group that receives 

educational exposure to the set of new 

educational interventions (NIDA online 

teaching module plus educational 

adjuncts) to a control group that 

receives exposure to the standard 

medical school or residency educational 

curriculum related to substance use 

disorders. The project will use a 

repeated measures approach to assess 

the educational intervention’s efficacy 

(i.e., individuals will take surveys 

before and after exposure to the 

intervention or to the control 

curriculum). The outcomes of the study 

will be based on changes in knowledge, 

attitudes, and indirect measures of 

communication skills before and after 

the intervention, compared with the 

changes in these parameters in the 

control group. 

Frequency of Response: This project 

will be conducted annually or 

biennially. Affected Public: Individuals 

and businesses. Type of Respondents: 

Medical students and resident 

physicians. The annual reporting 

burden is calculated as follows: 

Estimated Total Annual Number of 

Respondents: 708; Estimated Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 4 for 

medical students; 2 for resident 

physicians; Average Burden Hours per 

Response: 0.17. Estimated Total Annual 

Burden Hours Requested: 377. There are 

no Capital Costs to report. There are no 

Operating or Maintenance Costs to 

report. The estimated annualized 

burden is summarized below. 

Respondents 

Estimated 

number of 

subjects 

Estimated 

number of 

surveys per 

subject 

Average 

burden hours 

per survey 

Estimated total 

burden hours 

Medical Students ............................................................................................. 400 4 0.17 272 

Primary Care Resident Physicians .................................................................. 308 2 0.17 105 

Total .......................................................................................................... 708 ........................ ........................ 377 

Request for Comments: Written 

comments and/or suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies are invited 

on one or more of the following points: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Direct Comments to OMB: Written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the item(s) contained in this notice, 

especially regarding the estimated 

public burden and associated response 

time, should be directed to the: Office 

of Management and Budget, Office of 

Regulatory Affairs, OIRA 

submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 

202–395–6974, Attention: Desk Officer 

for NIH. To request more information on 

the proposed project or to obtain a copy 

of the data collection plans and 

instruments, contact: Elisabeth Davis, 

MPH, NIH/NIDA/OSPC, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20824–9591, 

or e-mail your request, including your 

address to davise2@nida.nih.gov. 

Comments Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: March 23, 2011. 

Mary Affeldt, 

Executive Officer, (OM Director) NIDA. 

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