A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
October 30, 2018
8:00 am–10:00 am ET
This event is intended to provide four hours of required training for providers seeking their buprenorphine waivers
Boston Medical Center- Crosstown
801 Massachusetts Avenue
2nd Floor, Room 2128
Boston, MA
Registering for the October 30th training will also count as your registration for November 6th. You do not need to register twice.
These 2 courses (October 30th & November 6th) comprises the first half of the eight-hour buprenorphine waiver course
ALL REGISTRANTS MUST COMPLETE THE SECOND FOUR HOURS ONLINE AFTER THIS EVENT.
The full eight-hour waiver course prepares physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder in their office. The curriculum includes the science of addiction as a brain disorder, the pharmacology of buprenorphine, and the regulatory requirements around prescribing this medication. Attendees will learn to screen patients for treatment with buprenorphine and to manage the medication along with the patient's other medical needs in an office setting such as a primary care clinic. The course fulfills 8 hours of the training needed to obtain a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000) requires physicians to complete 8 hours of approved training in order to be eligible for a waiver, and nurse practitioners and physician assistants to complete 24 hours. Check-in for the course will be from 7:30am- 8:00am, and the course will run from 8:00am-10:00am. This is an in-person training. There will not be an option to attend via webinar.
This event is to provide four hours of buprenorphine waiver training to the Family Medicine Department of Boston Medical Center.
Upon completion of the first 4 hours of training in-person and the second 4 hours of training online, the participants will be able to:
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS).
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) is the DATA 2000 sponsor for this training.
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant nos. 5U79TI026556-02 and 3U79TI026556-02S1 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.
Method of physician participation in the learning process: Credit will only be awarded for completing all of the training. To be awarded a Buprenorphine Training Completion Certificate you must complete all 8 hours of the course. Those who finish the full course will be able to complete the waiver application online once their residency is complete.