Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT): Clinical Strategies for Engagement, Selection, and Initiation

Contact Hrs: 2
CEU’s: 2
Enrollment Limited to: No limit
Method: Lecture, discussion

Description:
This training is designed for physicians and nurse practitioners (and other members of clinical teams offering SUD treatment) seeking practical guidance on initiating and maintaining patients on medications for alcohol, stimulant, cannabis, opioids, and nicotine use disorders. Participants will receive an overview of FDA-approved, off-label, and emerging medication treatments for these substances of misuse as well as guidance on how to select between various oral and injectable medication options. The course will emphasize and explore medication initiation approaches, and how to effectively engage individuals who may be ambivalent about treatment. Strategies for incorporating medications into incremental progress models and patient-centered care plans will also be reviewed.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify current FDA-approved and evidence-based pharmacologic treatments for alcohol, opioid, nicotine, stimulant, and cannabis use disorders.
• Understand decision making for selection of the best medication (e.g., oral, injectable) option for substance-involved individuals.
• Understand the principles and application of medication initiation to reduce barriers to care.
• Discuss strategies for encouraging treatment engagement among individuals with substance use disorders, including motivational approaches.
• Evaluate considerations for prescribing in the context of co-occurring mental and physical health conditions.

Instructor: Marc Fishman, M.D.

Location: Zoom

Cost: This training is free of charge to participants and is funded through the support of an Opioid Settlement Treatment awarded to WJCS by Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health.

Please note: WJCS is partnering with the Center for Practice Innovations* to offer 2 hours live on-line continuing education credit for social workers, LMHC, and psychologists as well as 2 hours live on-line CME for physicians; CEs credits for nurses and CASACs are currently pending review.

To receive CE credits, one must attend the entirety of the class. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the class. Therefore, late arrival or an early departure of greater than 10 minutes constitutes not attending a class in its entirety. To document attendance, participants must sign in and out of the class and complete an evaluation at the end of each class.

Center for Practice Innovations is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0118, for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0037, and for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0064. This training is provided under New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Education and Training Provider Certification Number 1007. Training under a New York State OASAS Provider Certification is acceptable for meeting all or part of the CASAC/CPP/CPS education and training requirements. Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) is accredited by The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.