Training

Virtual meeting

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Description

Boston Medical Center's (BMC) drop-in series Substance Use Disorder Care Continuum ECHO® (SUD Care Continuum ECHO®) offers training and support in addiction treatment, with a focus on supporting front line addiction treatment workforce. This includes health providers in Acute Treatment Services (ATS), Crisis Stabilization Services (CSS), Transitional Support Services (TSS), Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP), long-term residential program, sober and recovery homes, primary care, and psychiatry. This free, case-based tele-mentoring program is designed to increase the capacity of health care providers to implement high-quality and evidence-based addiction treatment.

The SUD Care Continuum ECHO® is an interdisciplinary learning community that encourages participation from all members of the team caring for patients with SUD. Participants learn from experts in the field of addiction as well as from one another. Free CNE, CME, SW, LMHC, LADC/CADC, and Recovery Coach credits are offered. 

What takes place during a teleECHO® clinic?

• Participants join the teleECHO® clinic from desktop or mobile devices using free videoconferencing software Zoom.
• Member of hub team presents brief didactic lecture on subject related to overall theme of ECHO® clinic.
• Case Presentations, Discussions, and Recommendations:
  • 2-3 clinic participants present real de-identified patient cases to get feedback from other teleECHO® participants, as well as specialists on the hub team. A written summary of recommendations is created for each case by the ECHO® hub team and provided to the presenting participant.
• Participants are eligible for free CNE, CME, SW, LMHC, LADC/CADC, or Recovery Coach credit by completing a brief questionnaire at the conclusion of each teleECHO® clinic. 

Intended audience

Nurse practitioners (NP), medical doctors (MD), nurses (LPN/RN), social workers (LCSW/LICSW), Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (LADC), Certified Alcohol/Drug Abuse Counselor (CADC), Community Health Workers (CHW), recovery coaches, counselors, Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC)

Speakers

Miriam Harris, MD

Objectives

 

Accreditation information

1.0 hours of continuing education units will be granted to all nurses, LMHCs, MDs, PAs, LCSW/LICSWs, and LADC/CADCs who attend and complete the evaluation within 48 hours. The SUD Care Continuum ECHO is approved as a provider of continuing professional development by: American Nurses Association, Massachusetts; Boston University School of Social Work Professional Education Programs; Boston University School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education; MaMHCA

Certificates of Participation will be granted to recovery coaches and CHWs who attend and complete the evaluation within 48 hours.