A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
January 11, 2023
6:00 pm–8:00 pm ET
This training will prepare prescribers to handle practical considerations when treating patients with opioid use disorders in office settings and in ED settings.
Via Zoom
This training will provide prescribers with the skills needed to implement addiction treatment in an ambulatory practice setting as well as in the ED. The training will provide expert, concrete tips to facilitate the provision of care for patients with substance use disorders utilizing medications in their treatment.
This is not a training to receive your buprenorphine waiver.
Course Director: Dan Alford, MD, MPH
Prescribers who are looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder in an outpatient or ED setting.
Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)
Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI083343 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
In support of improving patient care, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Contact Hour Designation Statement
Nursing Contact Hours: 1.75, of which 1.75 are eligible for pharmacology credit.
Physician Credit Designation Statement
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is a program of Boston Medical Center (BMC), a 514-bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End and the largest safety-net hospital in New England.
The content on this site and the content presented by Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is intended solely to inform and educate healthcare and social service professionals, and shall not be used for medical advice and is not a substitute for the advice or treatment of a qualified medical professional. The hospital, the program, and the contributors are not acting as health care providers or professional consultants on behalf of any specific patient and disclaim establishing a provider-patient relationship with any specific patient.