Tag: Opioids

Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Course Objective

  • Explain regulatory updates regarding buprenorphine treatment during a public health emergency
  • Describe practice-level changes in buprenorphine treatment throughout COVID-19
  • Discuss common issues affecting patients in buprenorphine treatment during COVID-19
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Date: July 7th, 2020

Presenter:
Tiffany Lu, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein School of Medicine

In this month’s Log-in2Learn Dr. Tiffany Lu provides an overview of buprenorphine treatment prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges associated with treatment for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Lu describes the communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and how the pandemic paved the way for regulation updates regarding buprenorphine treatment such as reduced restrictions and an increased use of telemedicine to treat opioid use disorders. The webinar also addresses some other measures put in place with buprenorphine treatment due to the public health emergency, including: longer prescriptions, halted urine drug testing (self reports), access to naloxone and harm reduction supplies. The presenter also shares available resources to support clinical providers as they face the challenges associated with buprenorphine treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Participants will be able to:

  1. Explain regulatory updates regarding buprenorphine treatment during a public health emergency
  2. Describe practice-level changes in buprenorphine treatment throughout COVID-19
  3. Discuss common issues affecting patients in buprenorphine treatment during COVID-19
Combating the Opioid Crisis with Audience-Centric Communications Strategies

Course Objective

  • Describe audience knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs around the risks of prescription opioids
  • Develop messaging models that build knowledge in a logical, audience-centric sequence
  • Identify communications strategies to reduce risky management of prescription opioids
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Date: July 9, 2019

Presenter:
Sophia Lerdahl
Group Management Director, Substance Programs
Rescue: The Behavior Change Agency

This webinar discusses the various communication strategies used to reach the diverse audiences surrounding Opioid Misuse. Participants will learn about effective communication strategies in combating the Opioid Crisis from Sophia Lerdahl, Group Management Director at Rescue.

Participants will learn how to:

  1. Describe audience knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs around the risks of prescription opioids
  2. Develop messaging models that build knowledge in a logical, audience-centric sequence
  3. Identify communications strategies to reduce risky management of prescription opioids
Region 2 Public Health Training Center