A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
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DEA-eligible
Topic: Overdose
This will be a facilitated discussion led by experts at SADOD and Still Learning Still Coping, exploring the complex emotions of grief, guilt, and loss experienced by healthcare providers, co-workers, and loved ones who care for someone that has succumbed to substance-related death. Resources and interventions will be shared, including peer grief support, bereavement groups, and numerous tools to best support ourselves and our patients.
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Wednesday, 8/2/2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceMedical providers, nurses, social workers, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (LADC), Certified Alcohol/Drug Counselors (CADC), Community Health Workers (CHW), recovery coaches, counselors, Licensed Mental health Counselors (LMHC), and members of the community. |
Topic: Overdose
This training will review the basics of overdose education and response and the risks associated with a contaminated drug supply, including fentanyl and xylazine, which complicate overdose response.
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Thursday, 8/10/2023 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceMedical providers, nurses, social workers, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (LADC), Certified Alcohol/Drug Counselors (CADC), Community Health Workers (CHW), recovery coaches, counselors, Licensed Mental health Counselors (LMHC), and members of the community. |
Topic: Overdose
This training will focus on substance use disorders in older adults. Participants will understand the risk factors associated with substance use and overdose among older adult populations, followed by a discussion on the specific overdose interventions for an aging demographic.
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Wednesday, 8/16/2023 9:00 am – 10:00 am ET |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceMedical providers, nurses, social workers, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (LADC), Certified Alcohol/Drug Counselors (CADC), Community Health Workers (CHW), recovery coaches, counselors, Licensed Mental health Counselors (LMHC), and members of the community. |
Topic: Overdose
This training explores the associations between overdose, stress and trauma, including the impact drug overdoses have on healthcare staff. Healthcare professionals will learn to integrate considerations for overdose-related traumas into patient-care and communication of overdose harms. Healthcare workers will also explore procedures in offering support to other members of healthcare who've experiences a patient drug overdose death.
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Wednesday, 8/23/2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET |
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This training fulfills the DEA's 8-hour training requirement for prescribers |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceMedical providers, nurses, social workers, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (LADC), Certified Alcohol/Drug Counselors (CADC), Community Health Workers (CHW), recovery coaches, counselors, Licensed Mental health Counselors (LMHC), and members of the community. |
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.
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