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The ASAM Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course covers the highest quality, evidence- based practices for treating patients
with opioid use disorder. The combined online enduring material and live activity will provide the required 8 hours needed to
obtain the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine in office-based treatment of opioid use disorder. The curriculum for this course
has been specifically designed for women’s health providers.
The ASAM Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course is designed for:
• Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical nurse specialists who wish to obtain a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine in office-based treatment of opioid use disorder.
• Clinicians and healthcare team members working with providers who prescribe buprenorphine in office-based treatment of opioid use disorder.
Learning Objectives:
• Assess patients for the full spectrum of harmful opioid use including misuse and use disorders.
• Describe procedures for initiating, stabilizing, maintaining, monitoring and modifying treatment of patients on buprenorphine or naltrexone.
• Describe unique issues of treating adolescents, young adults, pregnant and postpartum patients maintained on medications for opioid use disorder.
• Apply for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine to patients with opioid use disorder.
Schedule (in conjunction with 4-hour online course):
7:55am-12:30pm Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course (Nathan Mullins, MD)
9:30am-10:00am Break / Networking
12:30pm Adjourn
ASAM is an approved provider by CSAT/SAMHSA of DATA 2000 training.
ACCME ACCREDITATION STATEMENT: The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT: The American Society of Addiction Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The American Society of Addiction Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
DATA 2000 training provided through the UNC Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes for Rural Primary Care Medication Assisted Treatment (UNC ECHO for MAT) is made possible by funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grant number: 1R18HSO25065-01.
