RECOGNITION of the deleterious effects of alcohol and other drugs is not a recent
phenomenon. Over 200 years ago America's first Surgeon General, Benjamin Rush, MD …

Recent advances in the technology of behavioural interventions for harmful drinkers have
created a new role for clinical practice and new challenges for medical education. Several …

There is agreement that physicians can play a major role in the prevention of alcohol
problems among their patients and that medical schools should prepare physicians for this …

Initiatives by individuals, private foundations and government have led to improvements in
the United States in medical education dealing with alcohol and drug-related problems …

Medical schoob continue to be challenged to provide effective curricula in substance abuse.
Our study examined the perceived exposure of medical students to substance abuse topics …