A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
March 16, 2021
1:00 pm–2:30 pm ET
This 1.5 hour session, titled “Traumatic Brain Injury and Opioid Use Disorder - Considerations for Addiction Treatment” will be a presentation on Traumatic Brain Injury and how to treat and manage patients with TBI in an OTP setting.
Via Zoom
OBAT TTA+ and Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. are partnering to provide a series on addiction treatment in the Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) setting. This series will have six sessions covering a variety of topics that are offered twice.
This 1.5 hour session, titled “Traumatic Brain Injury and Opioid Use Disorder - Considerations for Addiction Treatment” will be a presentation on Traumatic Brain Injury and how to treat and manage patients with TBI in an OTP setting.
This training will be held via Zoom. We would prefer that you log in using a computer with a web cam so that we can all connect to each other via video. Please note that signing on with video is required to receive CEs. If you do not have access to a web cam, please let us know.
OTP and OBAT staff providing treatment for substance use disorders in Massachusetts
Participants will analyze the intersections between brain injury, substance use disorder and mental health.
Participants will describe at least 2 screening tools that can be implemented by treatment providers to screen for brain injuries.
Participants will recognize unique care considerations for patients with comorbid brain injuries receiving treatment for SUD.
Participants will identify at least 3 management strategies to improve treatment for patients with comorbid brain injuries within the Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) setting.
Bureau of Substance Addiction Services
Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Boston Medical Center grants 1.50 hours to all nurses who attend and complete the evaluation. Boston Medical Center is approved as a provider of continuing professional development by American Nurses Association, Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Boston University School of Social Work which is authorized through the MA state board of Social Work to provide 1.50 CE Credit Hours.