“Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder”
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HealthTrust presents…“Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder”
Please Note: Continuing education credit is only available to those attending the session live. CE credit is not available when accessing the program on demand.
The presentation provides an overview of medications that address opioid use disorder (OUD) and goes into a closer look at each of these agents, covering their pharmacology, considerations for use, and role in treatment. Healthcare professionals will gain a foundational knowledge of pharmacotherapy in OUD and strategies to optimize treatment for their patients.
Learning Objectives | At the end of this session, participants should be able to:
- Identify the role of medications used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD)
- Recall pharmacological characteristics of FDA approved medications for OUD
- Recognize appropriate treatment plans for a patient with OUD
Presenter:
Meghan Ha, PharmD, MHS | Applied Analytics & Health System Leadership Fellow | Wolters Kluwer Health & Community Health Systems
Target Audience: Pharmacists & Nurses
Continuing Education Information: 1.0 contact hours approved for Nurses and for Pharmacists. Belmont University College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The ACPE Universal Activity Number for this activity is 0863-9999-22-028-L08-P. The activity is approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit to nurses and pharmacists who attend the webinar and complete the online evaluation. Pfiedler Education is a division of AORN, provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP13019, for 1 contact hour. 1.0 contact hours approved for Nurses.
Note about CE credit: If you plan to obtain credit for a live session, stay until the end of the presentation to receive the verification code you will need to obtain the continuing education credit. CE credit is individual. No group credit is available. Each person must register for a webinar and attend the webinar in its entirety in order to receive an email after the event with instructions on how to apply for continuing education credit. Attendees should not share the code or forward the email to others who did not actually attend the program. If they are not able to be verified on our webinar provider reports and registration list they will not receive credit. If you are joining only by phone, you will not be eligible for credit. You must also log in and join the visual portion of the webinar to be part of our CE provider-required reporting.
