Buprenorphine Update: Practical Applications & State of the Art Innovations in OBOT

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Overview

Buprenorphine: Keeping Up with the Changing Landscape of Office Based Opioid Treatment

This special update course is for Buprenorphine certified physicians or Clinic-Office Managers who seek to enhance their ability to effectively, efficiently and safely prescribe buprenorphine while minimizing abuse and limiting liability.


Date & Location
Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 8:00 AM - 4:45 PM, Live Virtual, Cleveland, OH

Target Audience
Specialties - Buprenorphine


Objectives
After attending this course, participants will be able to:

  1. 1. Describe the pharmacologic profiles of buprenorphine, other opioids, benzodiazepines, THC and psychostimulants with regards to their interaction with the addiction prone brain
  2. 2. Identify screening and assessment strategies for anxiety / depression / chronic pain / insomnia and approaches to effectively address these in the context of buprenorphine prescribing
  3. 3. Employ techniques relating to minimizing the diversion of buprenorphine including use of different delivery systems
  4. 4. Discuss risk management, office documentation and best practice guidelines for buprenorphine prescribing as well as evolving and emerging State and Federal requirements
  5. 5. Practice difficult conversations when maintaining boundaries and clinical expectations in the OBOT clinic
  6. 6. Compare and contrast “harm reduction” with “adjunct to sobriety” OBOT treatment approaches

Registration
$200

Accreditation
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.