A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
March 1, 2022
1:00 pm–2:30 pm ET
This 1.5 hour session, titled "Addressing Alcohol and Stimulants in the OTP setting" will cover the impact of alcohol and stimulants on substance use disorder treatment.
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 five sessions covering a variety of topics that are offered twice.
This 1.5 hour session, titled "Addressing Alcohol and Stimulants in the OTP setting" will cover the impact of alcohol and stimulants on substance use disorder treatment. Participants will be able to identify strategies to provide better care for patients who use stimulants and/or alcohol.
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 be able to recognize the impact that alcohol and stimulants have on the care of patients at the opioid treatment program.
Participants will be able to identify evidence-based treatment strategies for care of patients with co-occurring opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder.
Participants will be able to identify evidence-based treatment strategies for the care of patients with co-occurring opioid use disorder and stimulant use disorder.
Participants will be able to illustrate the importance of retention in care for patients with co-occurring substance use disorders.
Participants will be able to recognize the elevated risk of overdose associated with co-occurring substance use disorders.
Bureau of Substance Addiction Services
Boston Medical Center grants 1.50 hours to all RNs who attend and complete the evaluation. Boston Medical Center is approved as a provider of continuing professional development by the American Nurses Association, Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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 University School of Social Work which is authorized through the MA state board of Social Work to provide 1.50 CE Credit Hours.
BMC Office Based Addiction Treatment Training and Technical Assistance 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 Office Based Addiction Treatment Training and Technical Assistance is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. For this program, 1.50 contact hours will be offered to participants who attend the training and complete the evaluation.
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.
The content on this site and the content presented by Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is intended solely to inform and educate healthcare and social service professionals, and shall not be used for medical advice and is not a substitute for the advice or treatment of a qualified medical professional. The hospital, the program, and the contributors are not acting as health care providers or professional consultants on behalf of any specific patient and disclaim establishing a provider-patient relationship with any specific patient.