Addiction Medicine for Non-Specialists

Overview

Explore Substance Use Disorder Topics with Online CME

Addiction Medicine for Non-Specialists is a case-based CME course designed to guide non-specialists in recognition, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up of patients with substance use disorders. Led by Antoine Douaihy, MD, experienced practitioners cover substances used — alcohol, opioids, stimulants, benzodiazepines, tobacco/nicotine, cannabis — and outline how the non-specialist can help their patient stop using drugs, maintain a drug-free lifestyle, and function in family and in society. Treatment strategies discussed include pharmacological, cognitive-behavioral, and a combination of the two.

Good to Know: This activity meets the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) requirement that as of June 27, 2023, new or renewing DEA registrants must complete a minimum of 8 hours of accredited continuing education (CE) on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders before renewing their license.

Topics / Speakers

Addiction – An Overview - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Neurobiological Aspects of Substance Use Disorder - Jody Glance, MD

Screening, Evaluation, and Diagnosis of Substance Use Disorders - Daniel Cohen, MD

Management of Intoxication, Withdrawal, and Perioperative Care in Individuals Using Substances - Tiffany Reid, PharmD

Alcohol Use Disorder - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Stimulant Use Disorder - James R. Latronica, DO, FASAM

Opioid Use Disorder - Julie Kmiec, DO

Sedative, Hypnotic, and Anxiolytic (Benzodiazepine) Use Disorder - Tae Woo Park, MD

Cannabis Use Disorder - Thersilla Oberbarnscheidt, MD, PhD

Tobacco Use Disorder - Melanie Yabs, PharmD, BCPP

Treating Chronic Pain and Substance Use Disorder - Mark Ilgen, PhD

Acute Pain and Substance Use Disorder - Julie Wilson Childers, MD

Brief Interventions for Substance Use Disorders - Cassandra Boness, PhD

The Treatment of Patients with Substance Use Disorders and Co-occurring Psychiatric Illness - Roger D. Weiss, MD

Harm Reduction Strategies - Janice Pringle, PhD

Women and Pregnancy - Jody Glance, MD

Medication Assisted Treatment for Adolescent Substance Use Disorder - Marla Kushner, DO

Healthcare and Racial Disparities in Addiction Treatment - Antoine Douaihy, MD

Chronic Pain and Long-term Opioid Therapy – Evidence-based Management - Jessica S. Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA

Pain and Opioid Complexity in Individuals with Serious Illness - Jessica S. Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA

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Course Director

Speakers

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

American Medical Association (AMA)

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 14.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

American Academy of PAs (AAPA)

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 14.25 hours of Category I credit for completing this program.

Date of Original Release: December 31, 2022
Date Credits Expire: December 31, 2025
Estimated Time to Complete: 14.25 hours

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss integrated treatment of co-occurring substance use disorder and psychiatric illness
• List adverse consequences faced by patients’ long-term opioid therapy and serious illness
• Explain the caveats in treating pregnant women with substance use disorder
• Compare treatment strategies for opioid use disorder and stimulant use disorder
• List the principles of motivational interviewing in the context of substance use disorders
• Compare inherent dilemmas in treating chronic pain and acute pain and substance use disorder

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for internists, family physicians, general psychiatrists, emergency physicians, adolescent medicine doctors, pediatricians, and general neurologists.

Quick Facts

Provider: Oakstone CME

Course Director:
Antoine Douaihy, MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Senior Academic Director of

Addiction Medicine Services

UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Pittsburgh, PA

Credits: Earn a maximum of 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 14.25 ABIM MOC points