[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79008-79009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31737]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Study of Substance Abuse
doc.com Module Project
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 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.
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 generic
clearance to a conduct 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 Center 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 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 to
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.
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Estimated number
Respondents Estimated number of surveys per Average burden Estimated total
of subjects subject hours per survey burden hours
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Medical Students............... 400 4 0.17 272
Primary Care Resident 308 2 0.17 105
Physicians....................
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Total...................... 708 .................. ................... 377
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFROMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the information collection
plans, contact Elisabeth Davis, Project Officer, National Institute on
Drug Abuse, NIDA/NIH/DHHS, 6001 Executive Boulevard, MSC 9591,
Bethesda, MD 20852; or call non-toll-free number (301) 594-6317; fax
(301) 480-2485; or e-mail your request, including your address to:
[email protected].
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.
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Dated: December 9, 2010.
Mary Affeldt,
Executive Officer, (OM Director) NIDA.
[FR Doc. 2010-31737 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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