Meeting of Caribbean National Observatories on Drugs Barbados June, 2005

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Meeting of Caribbean National Observatories on
DrugsBarbados June, 2005

• On-line Continuing Education Program in Drug
  Addiction Studies for the Caribbean

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• Master On-line in Drug Abuse
• (Latin America- Spanish)

www.unireddrogas.org
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Demographic profile of the students

• Age distribution (5-year brackets)
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Ref J. Alfaro. Master On-Line in Drug Abuse
(Spanish)
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Principal areas of study in the M.A. program

• Integrated Prevention education
• Treatment
• Rehabilitation and Reintegration
• Research
• Evaluation

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Phases of Development
Phases 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Proposal
Building the Universities Network
Cooperation Agreement
Virtualizaion process begins to put the program online
Drug Addicition Action Plan Teacher selection Training Vitualization process Establishing the Compensation Fund
First Class 2002 - 2004
Second Class 2004-2006
Third Class 2006-2008

Ref J. Alfaro. Master On-Line in Drug Abuse
(Spanish)
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Academic Background 1/2
Academic Background March 2003 () February 2004 ()
Engineering 3.0 -
Education 4.0 7.0
Clinical Psychology 13.0 16.0
General Psychology 21.0 27.0
Law 4.0 7.0
Social Work 2.0 -
Medicine 22.0 18.0
Psychiatry 7.0 7.0
Pedagogy 2.0 -
Psycho pedagogy 4.0 -
Occupational therapy 2.0 -
Sociology 3.0 -
Ref J. Alfaro. Master On-Line in Drug Abuse
(Spanish)
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Academic Background 2/2
Academic Background March 2003 () February 2004 ()
Economics 3.0 -
Science 2.0 -
Drug Abuse studies 6.0 -
Gerontology 2.0 -
Toxicology - 3.0
Bioanalysis - 2.0
Philosophy - 2.0
Theology - 2.0
Care Rehabilitation - 2.0
Business Management - 2.0
Industrial Chemistry - 3.0
Accounting - 2.0
Ref J. Alfaro. Master On-Line in Drug Abuse
(Spanish)
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Time spent per week on the M.A. Program
Number of hours March 2003 () February 2004 ()
Less than 8 hours per week 4.8 13.33
8 hours per week 3.2 1.6
10 hours per week 4.7 8.3
12 hours per week 9.5 8.3
13 hours per week 1.6 -
14 hours per week 7.5 10.0
15 hours per week 4.7 8.3
16 hours per week - 5.0
18 hours per week 1.6 1.6
20 hours per week 15.9 10.0
21 hours per week 11.1 5.0
22 hours per week 1.6 1.6
24 hours per week 1.6 1.6
25 hours per week 3.2 5.0
28 hours per week 6.4 3.3
30 hours per week 11.1 5.0
35 to 40 hours per week 11.1 5.0
No response - 6.7
Ref J. Alfaro. Master On-Line in Drug Abuse
(Spanish)
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Accomplishments
8 Institutions
5 Countries
35 Teachers
70 Tutors
200 Students from 19 Countries
Certification and Recognition
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Obstacles
Trust
Financial Issues
Leadership
Business Plan
Cultural Differences
Human Resources Needs
Recognition/Institutional Diff.
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Phases

• Training Needs
• Content Availability
• Connectivity and Environment
• Virtualization
• Recognition Procedures
• Teacher Training
• Registration
• Course Implementation
• Accreditation

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STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
INSTITUTIONAL
CONTENTS
METHODOLOGY
MATERIALS PLATFORM COLL. ENVIRONMENT
NEEDS
EXISTING
FINANCIAL
RECOGNITION
NEW
TRAINING
PROCEDURES
ACREDITATION
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Methodology
Traditional Materials
Radio
Video
TV
Computer Assisted Learning
CDs
Videoconference
Virtual University (Campus)
Collaborative Environment
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Partnership

• University Network
• Caribbean National Drug Councils
• Caricom
• Research Institutes
• World Bank (CKLN/UWI)
• NGOs
• Training Institutions
• Others

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• Potential Target Audience
• Officers of the army, police, customs, prison
  service
• Hospital personnel
• Government officials
• Social Workers
• Health Sector Professionals (doctors, nurses)
• NGO Directors and Staff
• Students
• Database Managers

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Existing Experiences

• Undergraduate courses in Social Work
• Former Addiction Studies Program. UWI
• Training in Health and Environmental Health in
  the Caribbean
• Johns Hopkins Fellowships
• Security forces exchanges program UK
• CARIAD (Trinidad)
• REDTRAC (Jamaica)

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Contact PersonNeedsExperiences
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Antonio LombaConsultant CICAD/OASalomba_at_oas.org

• On-line Continuing Education Program in Drug
  Addiction Studies for the Caribbean