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Topic: Advancing Addiction Treatment: Building Knowledge of Substance Use and Specialty Topics
Advancing Addiction Treatment: Building Knowledge of Substance Use and Specialty Topics is a comprehensive training series aimed at advancing addiction treatment among health care professionals. This series consists of trainings covering 18+ topics. You can attend all sessions or select specific ones. Foundational topics in this series include an introduction to substance use disorders (SUDs) and stigma, screening for SUDs, motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Clinically focused sessions will review alcohol, benzodiazepine, and stimulant use disorders, in addition to MOUD implementation strategies, co-occurring disorders, and medical considerations for persons using substances. Population-specific trainings will discuss SUD as it relates to adolescents and young adults, older adults, peripartum persons, and those with a brain injury. Specialty topics include cannabis, criminal-legal involvement, overdose education and naloxone distribution, pain management, lab testing/toxicology screening, and regulatory issues relating to MOUD.
This training will provide evidence-based recommendations and guidance for screening for substance use disorders. CEs: CME (0.50); Nursing (0.50)
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Time to complete 30 minutes |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will provide a high-level overview of the basics of motivational interviewing (MI). CEs: CME (0.50); Nursing (0.50)
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Time to complete 30 minutes |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training describes the principles of harm reduction and offers strategies to support persons who use drugs and their community members. CEs: CME (0.75); Nursing (0.75)
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Time to complete 45 minutes |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will introduce participants to stimulant use disorders. CEs: CME (1.00); Nursing (1.00), Pharmacology (0.25)
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Time to complete 1 hour |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will review medical conditions commonly seen in people using substances. CEs: CME (1.00); Nursing (1.00); Pharmacology (0.50)
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Time to complete 1 hour |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will review strategies for managing alcohol use disorders and benzodiazepine use disorders. CEs: CME (1.00); Nursing (1.00), Pharmacology (0.75)
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Time to complete 1 hour |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will provide strategies to implementing addiction care and medications for OUD into your practice setting. CEs: CME (1.00); Nursing (1.00), Pharmacology (0.50)
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Time to complete 1 hour |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will identify common co-occurring disorders in people with substance use disorders and review basic therapeutic and pharmacologic interventions. CEs: CME (1.00); Nursing (1.00), Pharmacology (0.50)
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Time to complete 1 hour |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training provides an overview of the 3 FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD): buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone. CEs: CME (1.00); Nursing (1.00), Pharmacology (1.00)
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Time to complete 1 hour |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will provide strategies for pain management in patients with co-occurring pain and opioid use disorder. CEs: CME (0.75); Nursing (0.75), Pharmacology (0.75)
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Time to complete 45 minutes |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will provide an overview of identification and management of substance use disorders in the adolescent and young adult population. CEs: (CME 0.50); Nursing (0.50), Pharmacology (0.25)
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Time to complete 30 minutes |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will review the basics of cannabis use, health impacts, and harm reduction strategies. CEs: CME (0.50); Nursing (0.50), Pharmacology (0.25)
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Time to complete 30 minutes |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will review the relationship between brain injuries and substance use disorders, as well as population-specific treatment interventions. CEs: CME (1.00); Nursing (1.00)
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Time to complete 1 hour |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will provide recommendations for managing substance use disorders throughout the peripartum period, including pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. CEs: CME (0.75); Nursing (0.75), Pharmacology (0.50)
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Time to complete 45 minutes |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will provide overdose education and naloxone distribution strategies to address the current public health crisis. CEs: CME (1.00); Nursing (1.00), Pharmacology (0.75)
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Time to complete 1 hour |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will provide an overview of identification and management of substance use disorders in the older adult population. CEs: CME (0.50); Nursing (0.50), Pharmacology (0.25)
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Time to complete 30 minutes |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will provide an overview of the intersection of substance use disorders and those involved with the criminal legal system. CEs: CME (0.50); Nursing (0.50), Pharmacology (0.25)
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Time to complete 30 minutes |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
This training will review the goals of toxicology screening, most common matrices used, and tips for interpreting results. CEs: CME (0.50); Nursing (0.50)
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Time to complete 30 minutes |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Intended AudienceMedical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder. |
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