A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
May 11, 2022
11:30 am–1:00 pm ET
This 1.5 hour session, titled "Lowering the Barriers to Increase Access to Opioid Treatment Programs" will cover current barriers to buprenorphine initiation that may make methadone initiation more appealing to patients and the importance of low-barrier initiation of methadone in the setting of the ongoing fentanyl contamination crisis.
Via Zoom
Grayken Center for Addiction 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 "Lowering the Barriers to Increase Access to Opioid Treatment Programs" will cover current barriers to buprenorphine initiation that may make methadone initiation more appealing to patients and the importance of low-barrier initiation of methadone in the setting of the ongoing fentanyl contamination crisis.
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
Justin is a Clinical Nurse Educator for Boston Medical Center's OBAT TTA team, with specific expertise in infectious disease and their co-occurrence with substance use disorders, community outreach, and harm reduction. He serves as an expert on OBAT TTA's SUD Care Continuum ECHO team and sits on the item writing committee for the Addictions Nursing Certification Board. Justin has dedicated his career to caring for patients living with HIV/AIDS and suffering from substance use disorders across the continuum of care. He is an AIDS Certified Registered Nurse, a Certified Addictions Registered Nurse, and a member of the Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. Justin received his BSN from Northeastern University in 2013 and received his MSN, with a focus in nursing education, from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth in 2020.
Participants will be able to identify current barriers to buprenorphine initiation that may make methadone initiation more appealing to patients.
Participants will be able to recall at least 2 innovative strategies for methadone initiation.
Participants will be able to describe the importance of low-barrier initiation of methadone in the setting of the ongoing fentanyl contamination crisis.
Participants will be able to summarize the needs of patients entering traditional opioid treatment programs from low-barrier access settings.
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS/DPH)
Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI083343 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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 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.
The lecture has been approved by The Network of Professional Education at Boston University School of Social Work, accredited by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Social Work Registration, to provide 1.50 credit hours.
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, 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.
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