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Part 2 focuses on harm reduction practices that can be beneficial to individuals who use drugs and how pharmacies can play a role in these practices.
Intended audienceThis activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.
This activity reviews the HEALing Communities Study Evidence-Based Practices of naloxone, medications for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety.
Intended audiencePhysicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy techs and other interested health care professionals practicing in the following HEALing Communities Study Wave 1 communities:
Part 1 will describe how addiction is a complex chronic illness that requires treatment, often involving medications. This training covers the different types of medications that individuals with Opioid Use Disorders (OUD) might be prescribed and stigma individuals who have Opioid Use Disorders face.
Intended audienceThis activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.
Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy's role in it.
Intended audienceThis activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.
This training will prepare prescribers to handle practical considerations when treating patients with opioid use disorders in office settings.
Intended audiencePrescribers who have recently obtained their X-Waiver (or who are contemplating getting their waiver) and are looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder in an outpatient setting.
OBAT 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.
