The Addiction Medicine elective will take place at Boston Medical Center’s inpatient wards, as well as various community sites, including but not limited to: HCRC Methadone Clinic, FASTER-PATHS discharge clinic, and AHOPE Needle Exchange. This is an opportunity for a 4th year medical student to understand addiction as a chronic medical condition, and SUD as an important and prevalent public health issue. Students will engage in care of persons with SUD in a professional, health-oriented, responsible and proactive manner, in order to reduce substance-related harm, promote health and address co-existing medical problems. Students will interview and examine patients with attending physician supervision and be involved in the patients treatment planning. Students will also rotate through Hope House where they will be exposed to a community residential and outpatient treatment settings. Students are expected to participate, Monday through Friday, at least 40 hours/week. Students will attend teaching conferences that are scheduled during the elective time. Students will receive timely, formative feedback from the attending preceptors including a mid-clerkship evaluation to assess their progress in developing the skills needed to treat patients with SUD.

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