Target Audience(s): Physicians, Nurse Practitioners or other Advanced Practice Nurses, PAs, Pharmacists, Interprofessional Teams, Students, and Educators
Description: Every day, practitioners face one of the most impactful decisions in health care: how to treat opioid use disorder in a pregnant patient. Learning how to effectively treat patients for opioid use disorders during pregnancy and into the parenting years can improve the lives of mothers, children and families. Join us for this evidence-based course that cuts through the confusion, dispels longstanding myths, and gives you the practical knowledge to make confident, compassionate treatment decisions. You will leave with a clear understanding of when and how to use buprenorphine or methadone, how to employ shared-decision making with patients through the realities of neonatal withdrawal, and how to build a postpartum care plan that supports both mother and child long after delivery. Whether you are new to this patient population or looking to sharpen your clinical approach, this course meets you where you are and empowers you to do more.
Educational Objectives:
- Analyze the historical and current context of pregnant women in the opioid crisis
- Compare and contrast the differing approaches of treating pregnant patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) or using medication to initiate withdrawal
- Demonstrate the risks and benefits of methadone and buprenorphine treatment during pregnancy for the mother and the child
- Develop a patient-centered plan to provide postpartum care and plan for any neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)/neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) in the infant
Supplemental SUD 101 Core Curriculum Course
This course is a supplemental offering within the SUD 101 Core Curriculum. These virtual presentations include knowledge checks and reflection questions. For more information about the SUD 101 Core Curriculum, please visit the SUD 101 homepage.
Course components:
- Interactive learning: 30-to-60-minute virtual presentation, with knowledge checks and reflection questions.
- Resources: Downloadable slide decks, resource links, references, and mentorship opportunities.
- Team-based takeaway guide: This tool provides important course takeaways from and for specific members of the team. It was designed to help the team learn from and about one another.
- Accredited CE credits: A certificate following completion of the course
- Choice of available CE Credit types: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, AAPA Category 1 CME, Nursing Contact Hours, Pharmacy CE Credit, Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) Credit.
Completion:
- CE certificates: After completing each course, learners will receive a CE certificate.