{"id":4465,"date":"2011-11-07T08:42:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T13:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/?page_id=4465"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:09:41","slug":"fit-program-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/education-and-training-programs\/training-programs\/fit\/fit-program-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"FIT Program Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-636x358.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-992x558.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/20260506_114857-1984x1116.jpg 1984w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/09\/20250430_114736.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The curriculum prepares fellows to incorporate addiction science into their research by covering advances in the field of clinical addiction research through didactic presentations, case-based discussions, small group workshops, visits to a 12-step program, and small group meetings with individuals that have lived experience.<\/p>\n<p>Group workshops and individual meetings with expert addiction faculty will support development of specific research interests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The curriculum includes the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Training<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1.17em;\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Review of clinically relevant addiction medicine research<\/li>\n<li>Development of a detailed research action plan\u00a0that integrates addiction science with your subspecialty focus<\/li>\n<li>A critical and evidence-based approach to research questions<\/li>\n<li>Exploration of research opportunities that incorporate addiction medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Addiction Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Epidemiology and neurobiology<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacology of drugs and alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Substance-related health conditions<\/li>\n<li>Impact of drugs on racially and ethnically minoritized populations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clinical Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4070-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4070-477x636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"636\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15579 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4070-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4070-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4070-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4070-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4070-500x667.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_4070-1000x1334.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Screening, assessment, and brief intervention<\/li>\n<li>Motivational interviewing<\/li>\n<li>Treatment approaches (e.g., pharmacotherapy)<\/li>\n<li>Relapse prevention<\/li>\n<li>Pain management in patients with a substance use disorder<\/li>\n<li>Safer opioid prescribing for pain<\/li>\n<li>Optimizing safety in people who use substances<\/li>\n<li>Overdose education and naloxone distribution<\/li>\n<li>Criminal justice involvement and health impacts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18.72px;\">Other Training Components<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Research Action Plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fellows will meet one-on-one with course faculty and in group workshops throughout the program to develop a research action plan that will be implemented in the next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational Materials and Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Participants receive valuable resources, including slide presentations, up-to-date reference materials, access to FIT faculty after the training, and a subscription to AODHealth.org, which contains summaries of the most current substance use 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