The 4rd Annual UCSF Addiction CME Conference aims to increase the core competency of medical teams in the inpatient and outpatient settings to improve care for patients who use drugs. This conference will increase skills in diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of common substance use disorders through didactics taught by local addiction experts, as well as small group discussions to apply this knowledge to patient care. This is a hybrid conference, attendees can be in person or virtual.

Target Audience

Physician
Nurse practitioners amd Physician Associates (PAs)

Topics Covered

• Keynote address from a person with lived experience of Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
• SUD as a brain disease, Stigma
• Opioid Use Disorder 101: Buprenorphine and Methadone Inductions, complicated buprenorphine inductions with facilitated small groups to practice
• Alcohol Use Disorder
• Benzodiazepine use Disorder and withdrawal management
• Stimulant Use disorder
• Adolescents with SUD, Pregnancy and SUDs
• Hospital Based care for patients with SUDs
• Documentation in caring for patients with SUDs

Objectives

Attendees completing this course will be able to:

• Describe the diagnosis of substance use disorders (SUDs)
• Identify the evidence-based treatments for opioid, alcohol, and stimulant use disorders
• Apply this knowledge to clinical cases of patients with substance use disorders

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