Together for Hope: Boston Addiction Conference 2024

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Friday, 3/15/24, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET

In-person event: Boston, MA

Credits available

IMPORTANT, PLEASE NOTE: To attend, all individuals must be registered for the Together for Hope: Boston Addiction Conference 2024 conference via the conference registration portal, www.bmc.org/together-for-hope-2024. This website serves as the CEU portal for individuals who are already registered for the conference and seeking to earn continuing education credit or a certificate of completion for their attendance. To review accreditation information and additional details, please click "show details" below.

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Welcome to the CEU portal for the 2024 Boston Addiction Conference! PLEASE NOTE: To attend, all individuals must be registered for the conference via the external registration portal linked in the description below.

Location

Roxbury Community College
1234 Columbus Ave
Boston, MA

Description

The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center is hosting a two-day conference for people in the Boston area who work in the addiction field, including clinicians, educators, researchers, peers, harm reductionists, administrators, and policymakers, as well as people with lived experience of addiction and their family members.

IMPORTANT, PLEASE NOTE: To attend, all individuals must be registered for the Together for Hope: Boston Addiction Conference 2024 conference via the conference registration portal. To learn more and register, click here.

Accreditation information is listed below. Please note, this is a 2-day conference (March 15th and March 16th). Across both days, participants can receive a maximum of 10.5 continuing education credits for the approved credit types (CME, Nursing, LICSW, LMHC, LADC/CADC, RC). On day 1, March 15th, participants can collect a maximum of 6 continuing education credits. On day 2, March 16th, participants can collect a maximum of 4.5 continuing education credits.

Intended audience

Individuals registered for the Together for Hope: Boston Addiction Conference 2024 conference via the conference registration portal (www.bmc.org/together-for-hope-2024) seeking to earn continuing education or a certificate of completion for their attendance.

Objectives

After the conference, participants will be able to:

Identify new programs and Boston-based organizations focused on substance use disorder (SUD) education, treatment, and support.
Recognize strategies for improving SUD treatment outcomes.
Discover public health policies relating to SUD and future directions for policy improvements.
Describe the philosophy of harm reduction for substance use.
Understand the value of interprofessional collaboration in advancing patient-centered care in substance use treatment.

Accreditation information

In support of improving patient care, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

CME: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Work: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive a maximum of 10.50 general continuing education credits.

Nursing: Nursing Contact Hours: 10.50, of which 0 are eligible for pharmacology credit.

Recovery Coaches: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is approved to offer recovery coaches who complete this activity a maximum of 10.50 general continuing education credits.

Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC)/Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC): Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is approved to offer LADCs and CADCs who complete this activity a maximum of 10.50 general continuing education credits.

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC): BMC Grayken Center of Addiction TTA has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7188. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. BMC Grayken Center of Addiction TTA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. For this program, a maximum of 10.50 contact hours will be offered to participants who attend the training and complete the evaluation.

Disclaimer

Continuing education (CE) requirements vary by license and jurisdiction. When requesting continuing education credits, please ensure you are following the rules and regulations determined by the board regulating your license. Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction TTA does not oversee adherence to licensing requirements and regulations.

THIS CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES FOR QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. IN NO EVENT SHALL BOSTON UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN IN RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PROGRAM. IN NO EVENT SHOULD THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PROGRAM BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL CARE. NO PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IS BEING ESTABLISHED. IN NO EVENT SHOULD INFORMATION IN THE MATERIALS REGARDING LAWS, REGULATIONS, OR LEGAL LIABILITY BE CONSIDERED LEGAL ADVICE OR USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR CONSULTING WITH AN ATTORNEY.

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