The game was designed based on research by Michael F. Fleming, MD, at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and incorporates technology used by the FBI to train agents in interrogation tactics. The program teaches physicians to look for warning signs of drug abuse such as breaking eye contact, fidgeting and finger-tapping.
The game is in its final phase of testing and is aimed at primary care and family physicians, many of whom report feeling unqualified assessing patients for opioid abuse.
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