Educational Activities Archives

This webinar describes the evidence and regulations for methadone in emergency rooms and hospitals, including protocols for rapid methadone initiation and applying changes to the 3-day rule.

This session explores the clinical and policy landscape of providing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in jails, prisons, and reentry settings. Dr. Arthur Robin Williams and Dr. Peter Treitler review recent research on the effectiveness of MOUD in reducing overdose and improving post-release treatment engagement. The session highlights key differences among methadone, buprenorphine, and extended-release naltrexone, including regulatory and logistical considerations unique to correctional environments. Learners will examine policy updates, case-based examples, and implementation strategies that support evidence-based treatment access. The session also addresses interdisciplinary collaboration, diversion concerns, and continuity of care across incarceration and reentry.

Many cities, and especially cities with high real estate prices, have clearly defined zones in which public drug use and sales are implicitly tolerated while more stringent enforcement continues everywhere else. Given that addiction services (like methadone clinics or residential programs) are often mobilized to serve these zones and/or deliberately segregated to remain within them–what should our relationship to these zones be as addiction care providers? The podcast will explore the challenges, problems, and opportunities these zones can create for people who use drugs and the providers who care for them.

Do you know how valuable & vulnerable you and your medical records are to cyber-attacks? Medical records and providers are prime targets for all kinds of exploits and extortion that put everyone at risk of significant financial and legal repercussions, and cyber security is more than just not opening a suspicious email. Join us in our podcast with cybersecurity expert Norma Krayem to learn more about cybersecurity in the medical field.

This webinar on “Recovery Supports for Youth and Young Adults with Opioid Use Disorder,” presented by Dr. Peter Jackson, Medical Director of the University of Vermont Medical Center Addiction Treatment Center and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. This session, brought to you by the Providers Clinical Support System – Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (PCSS-MOUD), will delve into family-based interventions, school-based recovery programs, and mutual help support. Gain valuable knowledge to enhance your practice and support young individuals on their recovery journey.

Our sixth and final webinar in the series will explore ethical, clinical, and practical issues when assessing and treating individuals in drug treatment courts, those referred by supervision officers, those incarcerated, and those otherwise involved in the justice system. Learn how to deliver person-centered care that respects client choice and is consistent with court mandates and expectations. Understand the role of the addiction professional when the Court and the Client have different goals.