PATH to Reducing Burnout Among Peers Who Deliver Overdose Prevention Services: Improving Workforce and Service System Outcomes Through a Combined eLearning and Group Consultation Intervention (R33 Phase Clinical Trial)

Summary

The investigators propose to test the effectiveness of PATH (Peer Advanced Training for total Health) as an educational workforce intervention for improving peer recovery support specialists' (PRSS) overdose prevention (OP) service delivery ability and quality and as a PRSS workforce and service system support. The PATH intervention combines (a) virtual education and (b) case-based consultation. The investigators hypothesize that PATH will improve organizational-level PRSS burnout, additional workforce outcomes, and OP service quality.

Description

Eligibility

Age range

18+ years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Behavioral
  PATH (Peer Advanced Training for total Health)

  PATH is an educational workforce intervention for improving peer recovery support specialists' (PRSS) overdose prevention (OP) service delivery ability and quality and as a PRSS workforce and service system support. PATH includes 4 hours of eLearning modules completed within a 1-month period, as well as 8 weekly ECHO sessions lasting 1.5 hours each delivered over 2 months. Each ECHO session includes a 30-minute presentation followed by one hour of case-based discussion about a real client or problem. The entire PATH intervention takes 16 hours (4 hours of eLearning and 12 hours of ECHO participation) over 3 months. Participants are expected to complete all 16 hours, completing the 4 hours of eLearning before starting the 12 hours of ECHO activities

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