Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program

Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program

Online Course
Accreditation

The University of British Columbia Division of Continuing Professional Development (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide study credits for continuing medical education for physicians. This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program (MOC) of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and has been approved by UBC CPD for up to 8.0 MOC Section 3 Self-Assessment hours (credits are automatically tripled in MAINPORT). This Assessment program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 8.0 Mainpro+ Assessment credits. Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity.
Target Audience:

Family physicians, specialists, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other healthcare practitioners in British Columbia involved in the care of patients who are experiencing opioid use disorder

Course Format: 8 hours interactive online module
Online: anytime, anywhere on any device

Online Module from Vancouver BC
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Overview

Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program Online Course

Opioid use disorder is one of the most challenging forms of addiction facing the health care system in British Columbia and a major driver of the recent surge in illicit drug overdose deaths in the province. In the context of the current public health emergency, there is an urgent need for a provincial evidence-based education on the full range of therapeutic options for the optimal treatment of adults and youth with varying presentations of opioid use disorder.

UBC CPD, in partnership with the BC Centre for Substance Use (BCCSU), has developed an online course intended for all BC physicians, nursing and allied health professionals, and other care providers involved in the treatment of individuals with opioid use disorder. The course articulates the BCCSU Opioid Use Disorder Guidelines through interactive content, videos and case studies. Designed with busy professionals in mind, this 8-hour course was previously only available to physicians who attended in-person Methadone 101 sessions and is now available at no cost to healthcare practitioners when and where they need it.

Already registered? Follow this link to access the course:

Link to Online Course

Skills Gained

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  1. Define and establish a diagnosis of opioid use disorder
  2. Evaluate a patient with opioid use disorder and create a patient-centred care plan
  3. Provide safe treatment of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine/naloxone, methadone, slow-release oral morphine, and injectable opioid agonist treatment
  4. Write a safe and clear prescriptions for methadone, buprenorphine/naloxone, slow-release oral morphine, and injectable opioid agonist treatment
  5. Safely induce and maintain a patient on methadone, buprenorphine/naloxone, sustained release oral morphine, and injectable opioid agonist treatment
  6. Engage a patient in comprehensive and continuing care
  7. Provide trauma-informed care to people with opioid use disorder
  8. Educate patients about harm reduction and integrate harm reduction provision into clinical care
  9. Transition patients between modalities of pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder
  10. Provide opioid agonist treatment to patients in the acute care settings
  11. Manage precipitated withdrawal

Cost

FREE

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Contact

Kate Campbell, Senior Instructional Designer
kate.c@ubc.ca 604-875-4111 ext 24619

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