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IBA Training Resources
Added on
01/09/2009
Updated on
02/09/2009
Source materials
There is a range of validated clinical tools for use in SBI. Many tools are validated by the World Health Organisation and are intended to be customised for local use and practitioners may encounter local variations of these. In order to promote consistency however, DH has developed versions of the validated tools which use the language and messages specific to alcohol in the UK and with which the public will be increasingly familiar e.g. unit - rather than standard drink, increasing and higher risk drinking - rather than hazardous and harmful drinking. It will help to give a consistent message if tools are consistent and appropriate and the preferred versions are available on the Alcohol Learning Centre website , these include:
Screening tools
- Modified Single Alcohol Screening Question (M-SASQ)
- Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST)
- AUDIT - PC
- AUDIT - C
- Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test - AUDIT (standard and extended versions) (pdf - 128Kb)
Advice tools
Training resources
The Alcohol Learning Centre also contains a number of training resources which can be freely downloaded and incorporated in courses. There is also an IBA training course which commissioners can use as a pro-forma.
- IBA Training workbook
- IBA Role Play Video's from the DH e-learning module
- Brief Lifestyle Counselling Training presentation
- Brief Lifestyle Counselling (BLC) Training Role Play Scripts
- Alcohol IBA e-learning module
- NHS Primary Care - role in reducing Alcohol-related harm
- IBA Tools and Techniques
- IBA Trainers Discussion Forum and FAQ's
- Staff Training and Intervention questionnaires including:
Subject matter expertise
The trainer/training organisation should have subject matter expertise relating to alcohol misuse, an understanding of Drug and Alcohol National Occupational Standards and be experienced in delivering training to relevant professional groups.
Key elements of IBA training
Commissioners of training may wish to use the IBA training workbook as a starting point for specifying training but it should be borne in mind that the workbook is a guide only and course design will need to take account of factors such as participant skills and time constraints. Key elements to consider for inclusion in course design might be:
- Identifying what participants already know
- Presenting facts and figures on alcohol related health harms
- Discussion on behaviour change
- Making it practical for participants
- Identification - micro-skills practice
- Screening tools - including AUDIT
- Brief Advice - setting the scene
- Key Tool - The Brief Advice structured tool
- Demonstration of IBA - how to use the sheet
- Observation and feedback
- BA micro-skills practice
- Dealing with the dependent drinker
- Practical issues - coding, protected learning time etc.
- Consolidation of Learning
- References and examples
If properly structured, the course should provide a complete learning experience, combining essential factual and procedural information with practical, reflective learning. This should equip the learner to make genuine and lasting change to their individual and organisational practice.
The commissioner may wish to organise a post-training follow up session to help participants:
- Reflect on their learning
- For it to become embedded and check it's being applied
- To share experiences on blocks/ successes
- To provide peer support
Records of completion
A Record of Completion could be provided for successful completion to record learner attendance on the course for CPD purposes. However certificates denoting achievement are of dubious merit. unless the course includes a robust assessment element, attendance on a course offers no indication of participant achievement or understanding. The danger of such spurious certification is that employers may be inclined to infer competence which has never been assessed.