Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Intended Audience:

Frontline clinicians who provide treatment for opioid use disorder

Date and Time:

Please see below

Course Duration:

Six-week online course

Cost:

$375

Contact Phone Number:

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Contact Email:

courses.help@camh.ca

Course Requirements and Prerequisites

​There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Overview

This course aims to present a framework for providing maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder with buprenorphine/naloxone, including its use in a primary care setting. The course walks the learner through the key elements of selecting, preparing, initiating and maintaining a patient with opioid use disorder on buprenorphine/naloxone treatment. A blend of narrative text, video role-plays, short answer and multiple choice questions frame the course. Excerpts and recommendations are embedded from the CAMH publication, Buprenorphine/Naloxone for Opioid Dependence: Clinical Practice Guideline.

Learning Objectives

• Outline the evidence supporting buprenorphine as a first line opioid agonist, for opioid use disorder treatment.
• Integrate a collaborative approach (following the spirit of motivational interviewing) into communication with patients.
• Prior to beginning their treatment, diagnose patients for opioid use disorder based on the DSM-5 criteria
• Prior to beginning their treatment, assess patients for concurrent conditions that may be affecting treatment with buprenorphine/naloxone. 
• Determine the best evidence based treatment course for the patient's context and values.
• Achieve safe and effective patient induction onto buprenorphine/naloxone in an ambulatory setting.
• Manage opioid overdoses in the ambulatory setting.
• Manage the maintenance stage of bup/nlx treatment in the ambulatory setting with safe, “client-centred care."

Delivery Method

This is a self-paced, online course. The course is comprised of six modules, and learners have six weeks to complete the course.

Please note: This course requires you to use an internet browser, but the system does not support Microsoft Internet Explorer. Do not use that to access the course.

Instead, use one of the following:

·         Apple Safari

·         Google Chrome

·         Microsoft Edge

·         Mozilla Firefox

For more details, please read the browser and compatibility support page.

Thank you

Certification and Accreditation

Participants interested in obtaining a Certificate in Opioid Dependence Treatment must complete the ODT Core Course plus three or four elective courses to meet the certificate requirement of a total of 39 or more hours. This course is accredited for:

• The College of Family Physicians of Canada - 13.5 Mainpro+ credits
• The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons - 13.5 Section 1 hours

Affiliation and Partnerships

University of Toronto

Register

Course start and end dates:  January 25 - April 19 2021

Please select the link below to register.

https://app.certain.com/profile/3223617

Please review the cancellation policy