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  Clinical and Public Health Approaches to the Overdose Crisis

  Target Audience(s): Nurses, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Psychologists, Social Workers

  Organization(s): American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association

  Topic(s): Administrative, Buprenorphine, Language and Treating OUD, Methadone, Naloxone, Naltrexone, Overdose, Treatment Modalities, Withdrawal

  Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD

  The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.
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  Quality Medical Care for People Who Use Drugs

  Target Audience(s): Physicians

  Organization(s): National Council for Behavioral Health

  Topic(s): Administrative, Buprenorphine, Language and Treating OUD, Medical / Special Populations, Naloxone, Overdose, Practice Issues, Special Topics, Withdrawal

  Presenter(s): Brad Finegood, MA; Judith Tsui, MD, MPH; Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD; Richard Waters, MD

  Leading Seattle-area physicians discuss how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. Learn how medical providers have advanced opportunities for recovery from substance use disorders by providing compassionate care to people who use drugs and partnering with harm reduction services providers.
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  Buprenorphine Prescribing by Nurse Practitioners: Background, Barriers, Facilitators, and Future Directions

  Target Audience(s): Nurses, Physician Assistants, Physicians

  Organization(s): American Society for Pain Management Nursing

  Topic(s): Administrative, Buprenorphine

  Presenter(s): Chandra Speight, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE

  The webinar will first provide an overview of buprenorphine and its role in treating individuals living with substance use disorder. Policies affecting buprenorphine prescribing will then be reviewed, with an emphasis on the role of advanced practice providers in treating substance use disorder in rural areas and the buprenorphine prescribing policies that specifically impact their ability to prescribe. Barriers and facilitators to physician prescribing identified in the extant literature on buprenorphine prescribing will be briefly considered before the presenter shares barriers and facilitators to nurse practitioner prescribing identified in her research. The webinar will close with directions for future inquiry.