Target Audience: This activity is designed for interprofessional teams, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, social workers, students and educators. This activity is accredited for social workers.

Webinar description: This presentation explores how pharmacists and social workers can work together to expand access to medications for opioid use disorder by transforming interprofessional collaboration and creating hubs of care. Through real-world case examples, participants will learn how aligning care strategies, technology, and connectivity can overcome access barriers and improve patient outcomes. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to strengthen partnerships, enhance care delivery, and reduce overdose risk.

Educational objectives:

• Describe specific, evidence-based pharmacy roles in caring for patients with OUD.
• Recognize structural and regulatory barriers, including pharmacy deserts, dispensing restrictions, stigma.
• Explore collaborative pathways between social work and pharmacy.
• Propose actionable strategies for community-based, integrated OUD care.

Accreditation

Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), provider #1163, 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 as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CSWE maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 01/23/2018 – 01/23/2027