Evaluation of the Substance Abuse Research and Education Training(SARET) program: Stimulating health professional students to pursue careers insubstance use research

摘要

Background:We developed and implemented the Substance Abuse Research Education and Training (SARET) program for medical, dental, nursing, and social work students to address the dearth of health professionals pursuing research and careers in substance use disorders (SUD). SARET has two main components: class="enumerated" style="list-style-type:decimal" id="L1">A novel online curriculum addressing core SUD research topics, to reach a large number of students.A mentored summer research experience for in-depth exposure.