COE Learning Network: Community Coalitions for Overdose Prevention

October 5, 2022

The activity will allow the COEs to recognize the work that they are already doing that is considered community based and how enhancing this focus can help their clients and prevent overdose.

Agenda: 

  1. Welcome, introductions, training objectives
  2. Describe community coalitions for overdose prevention.
    1. Describe project
    2. Compare OR and COE TA
    3. Discuss key stakeholders
      1. Discuss how COEs could be involved
  3. Discuss the work done by these coalitions.
    1. Discuss strategic plan
    2. How the work looks depends on individual communities
  4. ORTAC’s impact
    1. Reduction of overdose deaths
    2. Economic impact
  5. Connection
    1. COE Technical assistance
    2. ORTAC Community Coalitions’ work
      1. Strategic areas of focus
    3. COEs and coalitions
      1. Impact for clients
  6. Population Impact (population/client being served by COE)
    1. Discuss treatment capacity- COEs can learn about treatment capacity in their area (and/or existing gaps)
    2. COVID response (understanding in-person vs virtual engagement availability; what services are available in real-time)
    3. Initiatives undertaken by the coalition can include COE input that the entire community can benefit from
    4. Grant collaboration partnerships
  7. Questions

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

  • Describe community coalitions for overdose reduction
  • Discuss the work done by these coalitions
  • Discuss how participating in coalitions can impact COEs
  • Discuss ways COEs are already connecting with coalitions
  • Discuss how COE participation in coalitions can impact client populations

Additional Information

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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: 
10/05/2022
Course expires: 
12/31/2022
Event starts: 
10/05/2022 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/05/2022 - 1:30pm EDT
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The activity will allow the COEs to recognize the work that they are already doing that is considered community based and how enhancing this focus can help their clients and prevent overdose.

Agenda: 

  1. Welcome, introductions, training objectives
  2. Describe community coalitions for overdose prevention.
    1. Describe project
    2. Compare OR and COE TA
    3. Discuss key stakeholders
      1. Discuss how COEs could be involved
  3. Discuss the work done by these coalitions.
    1. Discuss strategic plan
    2. How the work looks depends on individual communities
  4. ORTAC’s impact
    1. Reduction of overdose deaths
    2. Economic impact
  5. Connection
    1. COE Technical assistance
    2. ORTAC Community Coalitions’ work
      1. Strategic areas of focus
    3. COEs and coalitions
      1. Impact for clients
  6. Population Impact (population/client being served by COE)
    1. Discuss treatment capacity- COEs can learn about treatment capacity in their area (and/or existing gaps)
    2. COVID response (understanding in-person vs virtual engagement availability; what services are available in real-time)
    3. Initiatives undertaken by the coalition can include COE input that the entire community can benefit from
    4. Grant collaboration partnerships
  7. Questions
Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Kiandra Foster, MPIA

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
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