COE Harm Reduction - JHF

June 4, 2025

Participants will receive an overview of the foundational principles of harm reduction and the evidence supporting the effectiveness of harm reduction strategies, with a deeper dive on barriers, opportunities and effective strategies for incorporating harm reduction in the COE setting.

 

Agenda:

  1. Introduction
  2. Self-assessment
  3. What it means to apply harm reduction in healthcare
    1. Harm reduction principles for healthcare settings
  4. Impact of harm reduction
    1. Provider attitudes toward harm reduction: influences and implications
  5. Organizational self-assessment
    1. Organizational environment
    2. Staff knowledge and support
    3. Safe and accessible services
    4. Peer and community input
    5. Continuum of harm reduction care
    6. Policies and procedures
    7. Social justice and advocacy
  6. Harm reduction strategies
    1. Naloxone distribution
    2. Drug checking services
    3. Housing first services
    4. The role of abstinence
    5. Medication assisted recovery
  7. Real life examples of harm reduction in an outpatient setting
  8. Low barrier MOUD
    1. Mobile MOUD
    2. Benefits of low barrier care
    3. Sustainable funding for low barrier models
  9. Real life examples of harm reduction in a healthcare setting
  10. Key takeaways
  11. Questions/ Discussion

Target Audience

  • Nurse
  • Physician
  • Social Worker

Learning Objectives

  • Analyze foundational principles of harm reduction approaches. 
  • Assess the evidence supporting harm reduction strategies 
  • Describe effective harm reduction strategies and identify common barriers encountered in the COE setting 
  • Identify potential opportunities for incorporating harm reduction practices into COE operations

Additional Information

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File Objectives_Agenda_References.docx43.49 KB
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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
06/04/2025
Course expires: 
09/30/2025
Event starts: 
06/04/2025 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
06/04/2025 - 1:30pm EDT
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Participants will receive an overview of the foundational principles of harm reduction and the evidence supporting the effectiveness of harm reduction strategies, with a deeper dive on barriers, opportunities and effective strategies for incorporating harm reduction in the COE setting.

Agenda:

  1. Introduction
  2. Self-assessment
  3. What it means to apply harm reduction in healthcare
    1. Harm reduction principles for healthcare settings
  4. Impact of harm reduction
    1. Provider attitudes toward harm reduction: influences and implications
  5. Organizational self-assessment
    1. Organizational environment
    2. Staff knowledge and support
    3. Safe and accessible services
    4. Peer and community input
    5. Continuum of harm reduction care
    6. Policies and procedures
    7. Social justice and advocacy
  6. Harm reduction strategies
    1. Naloxone distribution
    2. Drug checking services
    3. Housing first services
    4. The role of abstinence
    5. Medication assisted recovery
  7. Real life examples of harm reduction in an outpatient setting
  8. Low barrier MOUD
    1. Mobile MOUD
    2. Benefits of low barrier care
    3. Sustainable funding for low barrier models
  9. Real life examples of harm reduction in a healthcare setting
  10. Key takeaways
  11. Questions/ Discussion

 

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Mary Hawk

Michael Mallon

Leanna Bird

Daniel Garrighan

Corey Policastro

imageIn support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh 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.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh 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. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
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