Target Audience: This activity is designed for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, PAs, social workers, interprofessional teams, and the healthcare team. This activity is accredited for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, PAs, social workers, interprofessional teams, and the healthcare team.

Webinar Description: This webinar provides essential insights into addressing the opioid overdose crisis and improving substance use care. It equips healthcare providers with evidence-based strategies for overdose prevention, including naloxone distribution, and explores innovative approaches to engage at-risk populations. Key topics include the role of substance use care providers and new methods to reduce overdose deaths.

Educational Objectives:

• Recognize overdose is the leading cause of accidental death.
• Reduce overdose death via naloxone distribution and medications for opioid use disorder.
• Innovate new approaches to address overdose and substance use care.

Continuing Education information:

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

Physicians

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and Nurse Practitioners

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry is an approved provider of nursing continuing education through AAAP’s Joint Accreditation provider 4008192. This activity is approved for up to 1 CNE credits.

Pharmacists

This activity has been approved for 1 hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. The approval numbers issued are Universal Activity Numbers: JA4008192-0000-24-056-H01-P (pharmacy).

PAs

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until 11/7/2027. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. AAAP maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.

All Learners

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education credits for learning and change.