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DEA-eligible
Topic: Special Populations
This training provides foundational knowledge for those working in addiction treatment settings on best practices for creating welcoming spaces in addiction care for transgender & gender diverse (TGD) individuals.
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Tuesday, 1/21/2025 1:00 pm – 2:00 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 AudienceProviders, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians. |
Topic: Harm Reduction
This training reviews strategies for reducing communicable infectious diseases associated with injection drug use. We will explore testing strategies and linkage to care for those patients with diagnosed blood-borne pathogens; review bleaching/sterilization of injection paraphernalia, serosorting or sequential drug use to prevent infection of uninfected partners; and discuss pharmacological interventions for infection prevention, including nPEP and PrEP.
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Tuesday, 1/21/2025 3:00 pm – 4:30 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 AudienceThe entire multidisciplinary team providing treatment for substance use disorders in an office-based setting as well as anyone in a clinical or non-clinical position that is interested in learning about harm reduction. |
Topic: ECHO
As part of the twice-monthly SUD Care Continuum ECHO® series, Gregory Dorchak will present information about substance use disorders and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The didactic will be followed by a de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO® participant and recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees. All disciplines are welcome.
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Wednesday, 1/22/2025 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceProviders, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians. |
Topic: Stimulants
This training is a guide for addiction care teams caring for people who use stimulants, including cocaine and methamphetamines. The training will review the basic science of addiction related to stimulants and discuss the practical implementation of evidence-based treatment for patients who use stimulants, with a concentration on outpatient treatment settings.
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Wednesday, 1/22/2025 2:00 pm – 5:00 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 AudienceProviders, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians. |
Topic: Office Hours
A virtual open forum session where clinical providers and staff supporting those with substance use can drop in with addiction and stimulant-related questions or brief de-identified challenging cases for discussion.
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Thursday, 1/23/2025 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceClinical providers and staff supporting those with substance use. |
Topic: ECHO
As part of the twice-monthly MA OBAT ECHO® series, Judith Austin, MSN, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP, will identify common psychiatric disorders that may be present in persons with substance use disorder and discuss how to initiate and provide patient information on commonly prescribed psychiatric medications. The didactic will be followed by a de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO® participant and recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees.
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Tuesday, 1/28/2025 7:30 am – 9:00 am ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceProviders, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians. |
Topic: Nurse Care Manager Model
This two-hour, virtual course is designed to provide a history of the nurse care manager (NCM) model of office-based addiction treatment, explain how the model increases treatment access, and identify the roles of the nurse manager and interprofessional care team members to sustain the model. Participants will recognize the NCM as an advocate and a source of evidence-based treatment for teams and community partners. Participants will also develop an understanding of workflows to sustain the daily operations of the NCM model.
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Thursday, 1/30/2025 9:00 am – 11:00 am ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceNurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians. |
Topic: Harm Reduction
This training reviews strategies for reducing non-communicable infectious diseases in patients that inject drugs. Topics include post-injection techniques, equipment needed for safe injection, and strategies to reduce skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). Additional education will be provided on the basics of wound and abscess care to prevent worsening SSTIs.
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Thursday, 1/30/2025 4:00 pm – 5:30 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 AudienceThe entire multidisciplinary team providing treatment for substance use disorders in an office-based setting as well as anyone in a clinical or non-clinical position that is interested in learning about harm reduction. |
Topic: Harm Reduction
This training teaches strategies for identifying patients experiencing a stimulant overdose and caring for patients experiencing acute psychosis secondary to psychostimulant ingestion. We will focus on warning signs of psychostimulant overdose and strategies to mitigate the harm associated with the patient’s psychotic state, including de-escalation techniques in clinical and community settings.
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Tuesday, 2/4/2025 3:00 pm – 4:30 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 AudienceThe entire multidisciplinary team providing treatment for substance use disorders in an office-based setting as well as anyone in a clinical or non-clinical position that is interested in learning about harm reduction. |
Topic: ECHO
As part of the twice-monthly SUD Care Continuum ECHO® series, Allexis Gallardo Foreman, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, TTS, and Cornelia Wakeman, NP will discuss information about e-cigarettes and treatments for nicotine use. The didactic will be followed by a de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO® participant and recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees. All disciplines are welcome,
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Wednesday, 2/5/2025 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceProviders, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians. |
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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