Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment, and Drug Trends

September 7, 2023

Target Audience

- Physicians

-Nurses

-Nurse Practitioners

-Social Workers

 

Learning Objectives

Identify why Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment, is important and effective

- Explore how to conduct screening and brief interventions

- Discuss how local substance use trends impact people who are using substances

- Recognize how emerging drug formulations affect the drug supply and contribute to accidental overdose

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 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.
  • 1.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.50 ASWB
  • 1.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
08/16/2023
Course expires: 
12/26/2023
Event starts: 
09/07/2023 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
09/07/2023 - 1:30pm EDT
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Virtual
United States

Angela Morton, MA

Consortium Director, HRSA RCORP Grant Projects

UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Safe Harbor

Jessianne Montie, LPC CAADC
Program Manager, Addiction Medicine Services

UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Safe Harbor
 

 

ACCREDITATION

In support of improving patient care, 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.

PHYSICIAN (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

NURSING (CNE)

A maximum of 1.5 nursing contact hours will be awarded. Participants will be able to claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the program.

SOCIAL WORK

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 1.5 continuing education credits.

OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

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

  • 1.50 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.
  • 1.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.50 ASWB
  • 1.50 Attendance
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If you have any questions, please reach out to the Hamot CME Department at [email protected]