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Webinar: Medication Assisted Treatment

Primary Care & Comorbidities, Webcast

Objectives

  • Describe past and present opioid epidemics in the US and key policies
  • Explain the neurobiology of opioid addiction, addiction as a chronic disease and how treatment works
  • Review evidence for treatment and options for pharmacotherapy
  • Discuss specialty populations including young adults, pregnant women and criminal justice-involved individuals.
  • Summarize best practices for overdose prevention

Presentation

Slides

Facilitated by Michael Baca-Atlas, MD
Clinical Instructor, Deptartment of Family Medicine
Associate Medical Director, UNC Tobacco Treatment Program
UNC Wakebrook Primary Care Clinic

November 20, 2019

Objectives

  • Describe past and present opioid epidemics in the US and key policies
  • Explain the neurobiology of opioid addiction, addiction as a chronic disease and how treatment works
  • Review evidence for treatment and options for pharmacotherapy
  • Discuss specialty populations including young adults, pregnant women and criminal justice-involved individuals.
  • Summarize best practices for overdose prevention

Presentation

Slides

Facilitated by Michael Baca-Atlas, MD
Clinical Instructor, Deptartment of Family Medicine
Associate Medical Director, UNC Tobacco Treatment Program
UNC Wakebrook Primary Care Clinic

November 20, 2019

Objectives

  • Describe past and present opioid epidemics in the US and key policies
  • Explain the neurobiology of opioid addiction, addiction as a chronic disease and how treatment works
  • Review evidence for treatment and options for pharmacotherapy
  • Discuss specialty populations including young adults, pregnant women and criminal justice-involved individuals.
  • Summarize best practices for overdose prevention

Presentation

Slides