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ORN Summer 2024 - BUGS AND DRUGS: Case-Based Pearls for Addiction Consultants Treating People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized with Infections
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Description:

A case-based lecture focused on innovations in providing hospitalized patients with optimal care for both addiction and infections with a whole-person, harm reduction-oriented approach.

Learning objectives:
At the conclusion of this seminar, attendees should be able to:
  1. Explore multidisciplinary approaches to SUD and Infectious Disease management.
  2. Implement harm reduction strategies in ID and/or SUD treatment settings (including acute care).
  3. Utilize shared decision making (SDM) to reduce barriers to care for people who use drugs.
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What is ORN
Speaker:
Ayesha Appa, MD

Ayesha Appa, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where she completed fellowships in both Addiction Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Her research focuses on integrating HIV care with substance use disorder treatment, and she is currently funded to study overdose prevention & contingency management for stimulant use reduction and antiretroviral therapy adherence support in HIV care delivery settings. In addition to her clinical work on both the infectious diseases (ID) specialist team and the addiction medicine specialist team, Dr. Appa directs a status-neutral clinic for people who use drugs, providing low-barrier HIV/ID prevention and treatment within the Ward 86 HIV clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. She also serves as a staff scientist at the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Center on Substance Use and Health.
DISCLAIMER

ACCREDITATION:
This actvity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Osteopathic Association and The American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine (AOAAM). The American Osteopathic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT HOURS:
The American Osteopathic Association designates this other activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

DISCLOSURE AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST RESOLUTION:
All conflicts of interest of any individual(s) in a position to control the content of this CME activity will be identified and resolved prior to this educational activity being provided. Disclosure about provider and faculty relationships, or the lack thereof, will be provided to learners.

Funding:

Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI085588-02 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Summary
Availability: No future session
Expires on Aug 01, 2027
Cost: FREE
Credit Offered:
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
1 AOA Category 1A Credit
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