Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Understand evidence-based indications and contraindications for outpatient alcohol withdrawal management.
2. Consider aspects of Alcohol Use Disorder that complicate its outpatient care
3. Examine characteristics of Alcohol Use Disorder in the United States and the ways they can inform public policy, public health, and clinical care.

Faculty

Stephen A. Martin, MD EdM

• Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health / UMass Chan Medical School and Barre Family Health Center
• Medical Director for Research, Education, and Quality / Boulder Care 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.  

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physician
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.