Medications for Opioid Use Disorder- Addressing Opioid Use Disorder in General Medical Settings (2 credit hours)
Program Summary: This course examines OUD in the general medical setting and offers guidance on screening, assessment, DSM-5 diagnosis, and treatment. Healthcare workers in general medical settings are seeing an increasing number of patients with OUD. They are often a first contact for patients and the primary providers of ongoing clinical care. The course includes information on drug testing and shared decision-making between patients and providers.
“Effective integration of prevention, treatment, and recovery services across health care systems is key to addressing opioid misuse and its consequences and it represents the most promising way to improve access to and quality of treatment.” –The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Course Reading: Tip 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Parts 1 and 2
Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by identifying key issues related to OUD medications and addressing opioid use disorder in general medical settings.
Learning Objectives: Compare and contrast the three FDA-approved OUD medications. Identify recommendations for screening in a general medical setting. Identify key elements of a comprehensive assessment. Describe the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. Compare OUD treatment settings.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 2 clinical continuing education credits.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course. She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience. She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.