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ForwardIntroduction to Substance Use Disorders & Medication-Assisted Treatment
This module provides an overview of the epidemiology and public health impact of substance use disorders. After describing clinical presentation and diagnostic criteria for mild, moderate, and severe substance use disorders, the speaker discusses how medication assisted treatment (MAT) can be used in conjunction with behavioral treatments to improve health outcomes for people living with a substance use disorder. Emphasis is placed on the efficacy of using medications to treat opioid use disorders and destigmatizing this form of treatment.
Target Audience
MDs/DOs
Primary Care
Emergency Medicine
Hospitalist
Surgeons
OB/GYNs
Neurologist
Dentists and Oral Surgeons
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Occupational medicine
Pharmacists
Nurse practitioners and other advanced- practice registered nurses
Physician assistants
Learning Objectives
Define Substance Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder and describe the presentation of DSM-V clinical criteria for diagnosis of a substance use disorder.
Define Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), list the medications approved by the FDA for use to treat SUDs, and describe the basic pharmacology of these medications.
Describe how the unique properties and safety profiles of these medications contribute to their preferred use to treat substance use disorders, with an emphasis on Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (MOUD).
Dr. Dubin is a double board certified physician (Family Medicine & Addiction Medicine) that teaches locally, nationally, and internationally in the field of Addiction Medicine. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine and Clinical Faculty Adjunct at Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine (RVCOM). He is a past member of the Opioid Advisory Panel in the Office of Behavioral Health for the state of Colorado and currently serves as Chief Medical Education Officer at Porch Light Health, formerly known as Front Range Clinic, which is Colorado's largest network of outpatient treatment centers. Dr. Dubin is also an official U.S. Ski Team Physician, a NAUI Scuba Instructor and proud Dad to his 2 kids and lives in Fort Collins, CO.
Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS) through the joint providership of Compass Healthcare Collaborative and Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. Compass Healthcare Collaborative is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation: Compass designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Commercial Support: This activity was developed without support from any ineligible company. *The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.
Disclosure: Compass adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. The content of this activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. None of the planners or moderators for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing products used by or on patients.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™