Webinar Title: Medication Assisted Treatment in an Urban Clinic: Challenges and Opportunities

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), is the use of FDA-approved medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a "whole-patient" approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.  The regulated amount of medication provided in MAT addresses opioid withdrawal symptoms. In this webinar, the presenter will examine the MAT process in an urban setting as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by clinicians who provide MAT to their clients.

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to

1. List and describe the components of low-threshold MAT for vulnerable populations.
2. Discuss the challenges of MAT implementation in an urban area.
3. Describe three facilitators of successful implementation of MAT in an urban clinic.

Speaker

Lara Weinstein, MD, MPH, DrPH
Board-certified family physician and public health researcher
Drexel Medicine