A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
July 22, 2020
12:00 pm–1:00 pm ET
This training will provide an overview of the logistics concerning the use of buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder.
Connect via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/98755102036
Zoom call
Boston, MA
"The Nurse Care Manager Model of Office-Based Addiction Treatment" is an updated and condensed version of our traditional eight-hour “Essentials of Office Based Addiction Treatment” training. This four-hour training includes an overview of the current substance use epidemic; foundational education about chronic disease model of addiction, including the biology of addiction; an overview of the three medications used in addiction treatment; and discussion of evidence-based strategies for the initiation, stabilization, and ongoing maintenance and support of persons engaged in treatment for addiction. Particular attention is devoted to the importance of patient-centered care utilizing a nurse care manager model.
To accommodate a wider audience, this training has also been divided into four one-hour modules. This is the third in the series of four modules. You may register for an individual session or for all four to complete the series.
The Zoom link for this meeting is password protected. The password will be emailed to you ahead of the training.
Nurses and prescribing clinicians working in an office-based addiction treatment setting.
The learner will outline tools for monitoring and supporting patients engaged in Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD).
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction, Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services
Boston Medical Center grants 1.0 hours to all nurses who attend, complete the evaluation, and complete the post test. 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.
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.