A Novel Online Curriculum and Coaching Strategy to Expand the Addiction Medicine Workforce: The Michigan Collaborative Addiction Resources and Education System.

Problem: There is a shortage of addiction medicine (AM) physicians and a 9-year period (2017-2025) in which to build the workforce via a practice pathway enabling physicians to combine experiential hours with passing a board exam to become board-certified AM physicians. Afterward, AM specialists will need to complete the traditional fellowship pathway, requiring additional training.

Approach: The Michigan Collaborative Addiction Resources and Education System (MI CARES) was developed from February to June 2019 to support physicians in obtaining AM certification via the practice pathway.