Compassionate Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

Ware, MA US
November 28, 2023

Date & Location: 

November 28, 2003, 
5:00 - 8:30 pm,
Teresa's Restaurant and Banquet Hall,
315 Palmer Road,
Ware, MA  01082,

 

Goal:

The goal is by engaging with healthcare providers in this region, and providing resources, that we can expand access to care for patients who need it, and improve the experience for a group of patients who have traditionally been marginalized.

 

Provided by:

Jointly Sponsored by Ware/Belchertown Healing Communities Study Group, The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium, Baystate Department of Pharmacy and Baystate Interprofessional Continuing Education

Target Audience

This course was designed for healthcare providers in the Ware & Belchertown region to include surrounding communities where residents from these towns might seek care. 

Learning Objectives

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

1) Discuss the status of the opioid epidemic here in the Quaboag Hill region and some of the unique barriers to addressing it.
2) Explain the basic physiologic underpinnings of addiction and how drugs can hijack the reward circuitry in the brain.
3) Describe the impact of early substance use on the developing brain & how it may increase risk of substance use disorder later in life.
4) Illustrate how stigma might negatively impact care for patients who use drugs.
5) Discuss the rationale for initiating treatment for opioid use disorder when people are in the hospital.
6) Explain the role of trauma in the initiation & continuation of substance use disorder.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 ACPE Contact Hours
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC Contact Hours
  • 2.00 BCIPE Pain Management
  • 2.00 IPCE Credit Hour(s)
  • 2.00 OEMS Credit Hours
Course opens: 
10/16/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
11/28/2023 - 5:00pm EST
Event ends: 
11/28/2023 - 8:30pm EST
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5:00 - 5:30 pm      Doors open & Registration

5:30 - 6:00 pm      Dinner distributed

5:45 pm                Introductory comments Healing Communities Study

6:00 - 6:50 pm      Dr. Potee's "Physiology of Addiction" presentation

6:50 - 7:00 pm      Q&A

                      10 minute break

7:10 - 8:00 pm      Dr. Kriegsman "Hospitals as Healing Environments" presentation

8:00 - 8:10 pm          Q&A   

8:10 - 8:30 pm          Evaluations & departure

 

Teresa's Restaurant and Banquet Hall
315 Palmer Road
Ware, MA 01082
United States

Faculty

 

Ari Kriegsman, MD
Medical Director
Behavioral Health Network/Mercy Medical Center

Ruth Potee, MD
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Yale School of Medicine
Medical Director
Behavioral Health Network
 

Faculty Disclosure

Baystate Health Continuing Interprofessional Education follows the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.  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. 

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.

 

 

Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacist
Baystate Health designates this activity for a maximum of 2.0 contact hour(s) for pharmacists. Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pain Management
This activity meets the criteria for the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 2.0 Credits in the pain management care. 

EMT/Paramedics
The Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) has approved this continuing education program for 2.0 hours.  Approval Number 2324-R1-00598-T1

 

 

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 2.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

 

Available Credit

  • 2.00 ACPE Contact Hours
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC Contact Hours
  • 2.00 BCIPE Pain Management
  • 2.00 IPCE Credit Hour(s)
  • 2.00 OEMS Credit Hours
Please login or register to take this course.

 

Please Note: In order for your registration to be considered complete:
  • Each participant must register themselves for the program.

 

In order to receive CREDIT, the evaluation must be completed by:Sun, 12/31/2023 - 3:30pm

 

Specific Aids or Services:
Please call Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 if, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, you require specific aids or services during your visit to this continuing education program.