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Topic: Nurse Care Manager Model
This 8-hour course prepares nurses and other medical staff to manage office-based addiction treatment with buprenorphine and naltrexone.
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Thursday, 10/14/2021 8:00 am – 12:00 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceNurses and other clinical staff providing treatment for substance use disorders in an office-based setting. |
Topic: Spiro Spero
This event is a one woman play written and performed by a psychiatric nurse practitioner who specializes in addiction. The play explores the lives of five people impacted by substance use disorder and their experiences in treatment, in the community, and the healthcare setting.
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Thursday, 10/14/2021 8:30 am – 10:00 am ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceThe training is intended for a multidisciplinary audience, those who work in the addiction field as well as those who do not are invited to attend. |
Topic: Harm Reduction
This training will review the medical ethics and tenets of harm reduction and why they are important in expanding the care continuum of people who use drugs and alcohol. It will provide practical examples of how to write and create policies from a harm reduction perspective. It will include the legalities of including harm reduction practices in different healthcare settings and considerations for harm reduction for providers with licenses.
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Thursday, 10/14/2021 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET |
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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. Guest Speaker Berto Sanchez |
Topic: APP 16 Hour X-Waiver Training
This training is part 4 of 8 for the training series that will provide APPs the additional 16 hours to meet the requirements to obtain a Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) X-Waiver Certificate that will allow them to prescribe to more than 30 patients.
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Thursday, 10/14/2021 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceNurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM), Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA), and Physician Assistants |
Topic: Addiction 101
This training will provide the foundational knowledge regarding the disease of addiction and an introduction into treatment options utilizing medications for opioid use disorder.
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Friday, 10/15/2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceNurses, social workers, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians. |
Topic: ECHO
As part of the twice-monthly SUD ECHO series, Mary Wheeler, harm reduction specialist, will present the didactic, "Working with women with SUD who engage in sex work." The didactic will be followed by a related de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO participant along with recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees.
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Monday, 10/18/2021 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceNurse 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) |
Topic: Medications for Addiction Treatment (general)
This training will provide an overview of medications for addiction treatment including review of treatment philosophy for managing substance use disorder in the outpatient setting, review of the opioid epidemic and outpatient treatment settings for medications for opioid use disorder.
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Tuesday, 10/19/2021 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceThe staff and affiliates of the Middlesex Driving Under the Influence of Liquor (DUIL) Program. |
Topic: CARN and CARN-AP
This no-cost course reviews topics covered in the certification exam for addictions nursing and is intended to support nurses preparing to sit for the exam.
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Tuesday, 10/19/2021 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceRegistered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners, with experience treating patients with addiction, who intend to sit for the CARN or CARN-AP exam. |
Topic: Stimulants
This training is for the staff and affiliates of Manet Community Health Center. The training will provide a brief overview of methamphetamine use disorder and treatment options.
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Thursday, 10/21/2021 8:30 am – 9:30 am ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceStaff and affiliates of Manet Community Health Center only. |
Topic: Stimulants
This one-hour training will provide an introduction to stimulant use disorder.
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Thursday, 10/21/2021 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET |
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Virtual event |
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Intended AudienceStaff and affiliates of Boston Healthcare for the Homeless. |
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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