Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training Center

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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• Progress Report
• July 30 - August 1, 2003
• CDC Project Team Meeting
• Atlanta, Georgia

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• Objectives
• Survey of FAS training/experience among health
  care professionals in our 7 state area
• Curriculum development
• Train the Trainer workshop in Year 2 utilizing
  our new curriculum
• Audit our medical school and allied health care
  professions curriculum in Yrs 1 3
• Inject FAS curriculum into appropriate locations
  in our health professions schools in Year 2
• Prepare questions for licensure organizations and
  professional board exams

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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• Local FAS Training and Experience Survey
• Practicing Family Doctors
• Practicing Occupational Therapists
• Practicing Psychologists
• Medical, OT, and PA students at MU and SLU

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Regional Surveys of Family Physicians,
Occupational Therapists and Psychologists will
supplement what we already know about
Pediatricians.
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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• Curriculum Development
• Survey of existing curriculum
• Use existing curriculum if available for each
  core competency
• Introduce at Train the Trainer session in
  March, 2004

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SLU School of Health Professions Site for March
2004 Train the Trainer Event
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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• Train the Trainer Session
• Two-day CE/CME event, March 18-19, 2004
• First morning Pre-test, Ann Streissguth, Ken
  Jones, Luther Robinson, and Richard Brown
• First afternoon Interdisciplinary PBL case
  scenario, workshops divided into professional
  groups (child health providers, women health
  providers, and mental health and community
  support providers) where our FAS curriculum is
  presented and teaching techniques are discussed

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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• Train the Trainer Session II
• Second morning Faculty will present on
  competencies not covered by national experts
• Mark Mengel Danny Wedding (9 12)
• Steve Braddock Melinda Ohlemiller (5,7,11)
• Kevin Rudeen (2)
• Dan Orme (4 8)
• Bill Bondeson (10)
• Second afternoon Continuation of PBL
  interdisciplinary case scenario, post-test, and
  discussion on dissemination
• Computer lab and internet resources available

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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• Target Audiences
• for Curriculum Dissemination
• Medical Schools
• Schools of Allied Health
• Health Care Professionals
• Primary Care Residencies

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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• Mailing Lists
• Medical Schools curriculum deans, preventive
  medicine and neurology course directors (Yrs 1
  2), and family practice, pediatrics, and OB/GYN
  clerkship directors in Year 3 and chairs of their
  departments
• Heads of PT/OT and speech pathology programs
• Heads of PA and NP programs
• Health psychology and social work training
  program directors
• State Chapters of Health Professions
  Organizations (determine dates of meetings)

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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• What We Will Disseminate
• List of speakers in their area
• Curriculum products/Web site address
• Invitation to sponsor a CE/CME events in their
  area

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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• Speakers Responsibility
• Each speaker will be responsible for hosting two
  CE/CME events during the third year
• Each event will be evaluated using our curriculum
  evaluation instruments
• Quarterly newsletter will be sent to speakers and
  key individuals on our mailing lists

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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• Progress
• Community Advisory Board has formed and met on
  May 27, 2003
• MRFASTC Website is up and active

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Our Community Advisory Board
Mark Swanson, MD, MPH (Arkansas),  Stephen and
Louise Carleton (Oklahoma), Teresa Walters
(Kansas), Nicholas Pantazis, PhD (Iowa), Bruce
Buelher, MD (Nebraska) (Nebraska). 
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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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We are a Research and Training Group Dedicated to
FAS Prevention and to the Meaningful Assessment,
Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals and
Families Coping with FAS
MRFASTC is a collaborative effort that involves
Saint Louis University (School of Medicine's
Department of Community and Family Medicine and
the Edward and Margaret Doisy School of Allied
Health), the University of Missouri-Columbia
(School of Medicine and School of Health
Professions), the Missouri Institute of Mental
Health, and the Saint Louis Arc.
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Our Mission The Midwest Regional FAS Training
Center was formed to improve health
professional's knowledge and skill regarding FAS
recognition, diagnosis, treatment, management,
and prevention in a 7 state region around
Missouri.
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http//mimh.edu/fas
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Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training
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• Conclusions
• Magnificent Website
• Curriculum Development
• Train the Trainer Workshop
• Community Advisory Board Oct. 14, 2003