COE Learning Network; Current Substance Use Trends, Treatment, and Terms

April 6, 2022

The numbers of deaths attributed to overdose, illicit drugs and prescription opioids, continues to rise. These deaths involve synthetic opioids, fentanyl, heroin and psychostimulants. The reporting of patients with polysubstance use is on the rise.

Agenda: 

  1. Welcome, Introductions, Training Objectives
  2. Current Substance Use Trends
  1. Substance use reporting
  2. Increased substance use
  3. Changes in the drug supply
  4. Increased overdose
  1. Current Evidence Based Treatments for SUD
    1. Treatment access
    2. Considerations for the SUD Treatment System
    3. Trends in treatment
    4. Current best practices
  2. Terms
    1. Stigma, empathy, and advocacy
    2. Medication for opiate use disorder (MOUD)
    3. Return to use/ Recurrence of use
    4. Difficult to engage
    5. Not in agreeance with treatment
    6. Person first language resources
  3. Question and Answer

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

Summarize the current trends in substance use

Examine current evidence-based interventions for substance use

Identify current substance use terms

Locate person first language resources

Additional Information

AttachmentSize
File Audience Disclosure slides (1.25).pptx50.71 KB
PDF icon COE_LN_Current_Trends_v0 (1).pdf2.3 MB
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: 
04/06/2022
Course expires: 
07/31/2022
Event starts: 
04/06/2022 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
04/06/2022 - 1:30pm EDT
Add to calendar: 

The numbers of deaths attributed to overdose, illicit drugs and prescription opioids, continues to rise. These deaths involve synthetic opioids, fentanyl, heroin and psychostimulants. The reporting of patients with polysubstance use is on the rise.

Agenda: 

  1. Welcome, Introductions, Training Objectives
  2. Current Substance Use Trends
  1. Substance use reporting
  2. Increased substance use
  3. Changes in the drug supply
  4. Increased overdose
  1. Current Evidence Based Treatments for SUD
    1. Treatment access
    2. Considerations for the SUD Treatment System
    3. Trends in treatment
    4. Current best practices
  2. Terms
    1. Stigma, empathy, and advocacy
    2. Medication for opiate use disorder (MOUD)
    3. Return to use/ Recurrence of use
    4. Difficult to engage
    5. Not in agreeance with treatment
    6. Person first language resources
  3. Question and Answer
Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Julie Brewer, MSW, MPH

In 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
Please login or register to take this course.