Online Learning Curriculum: Substance Use Disorder
Kentucky AETC, in partnership with the Weitzman Institute, has provided the Southeast AETC region with the Substance Use Disorder Online Learning Curriculum. This webinar series is a great starter course for health centers that are still forming the building blocks of their MAT program, or as a refresher for health center staff that need to revitalize their understanding of the ever-changing landscape of addiction treatment.
Addiction as a Brain Disease
Objectives:
- Indicate the ways in which addiction is a chronic brain disease
- Describe how treating addiction like a chronic disease can improve outcomes
- Describe what opioid use disorder is
- Identify the rationale behind medication assisted treatment within the chronic disease model of addiction
- Identify ways to improve patient recovery by framing addiction recovery in the chronic disease model
Motivational Interviewing and Substance Use Disorder
Objectives:
- Define the basic principles of motivational interviewing
- Demonstrate how motivational interviewing can be implemented into your practice
- Describe how motivational interviewing can improve outcomes
- Explore patient-centered strategies for developing a collaborative working relationship
The Challenging Behaviors of Addiction
Objectives:
- Describe the why behind many common behaviors in substance use disorders
- Interpret these behaviors in the context of the disease model of addiction
- Identify strategies for managing challenging behaviors in a healthcare setting
Trauma Informed Care and Substance Use Disorder
Objectives:
- Describe the connection between Adverse Childhood Experiences and health outcomes
- Outline what is trauma informed care
- Illustrate the connection between trauma and substance use disorder
- Identify what trauma informed care looks like in multiple aspects of an organization
- Medical care
- Behavioral health care
- Non-clinical interactions with patients
Mary Blankson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Chief Nursing Officer
Community Health Center, Inc.
Middletown, Connecticut
Daniel Bryant, LPC, CCTP
Clinical Director of Substance Use Disorder Services
Community Health, Center, Inc.
Middletown, Connecticut
Veena Channamsetty, MD, FAAFP
Chief Medical Officer
Community Health, Center, Inc.
Middletown, Connecticut
Traci Norman
MAT Program Director
Community Health Center, Inc.
Middletown, Connecticut
Deb Ward, RN
Senior Quality Improvement Manager
Community Health Center, Inc.
Middletown, Connecticut
Dan Wilensky, MD
Family Physician
Community Health Center, Inc.
Middletown, Connecticut
6 hours of free CME, CNE, and CPE credit.
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