The 8-hour Buprenorphine Training - PART 1 - The American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine

The 8-hour Buprenorphine Training - PART 1

PCSS Office-Based Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders - The Half and Half Waiver Course

This is PART 1 of the 8-hour Buprenorphine training.

NOTE: This training has a starting time of 5:00 PM Pacific Time.
Please check your time zone for start time and download the Zoom app prior to training. https://zoom.us/ent?zcid=2582

The 1st half of the training is a 4.25-hour live webcast. The 2nd half of the course is a 3.75-hour on-your-own online study. Instructions on how to log on to Part 2 of the course will be provided ONLY to those who complete Part 1 in its entirety. You must be both online viewing and listening to the presentation. Participation in the interactive polling questions is also required in order for the AOAAM to verify attendance. PHONE ONLY PARTICIPATION DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR CREDIT.

Please note that recent legislation has removed the waiver requirement to prescribe buprenorphine. Please see the following statement from SAMHSA: https://www.samhsa.gov/medications-substance-use-disorders/removal-data-waiver-requirement

PCSS and the AOAAM believes strongly in the educational value of this buprenorphine training and encourages you to proceed.

Learning Objectives

To understand the federal Drug Abuse Treatment Act (DATA) of 2000 and the subsequent revisions that lists the criteria needed for Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) utilizing buprenorphine for opioid dependence and the new changes/guidelines
To distinguish between spontaneous withdrawal and precipitated withdrawal and the appropriate methods of buprenorphine induction
To describe and contrast the functions of full mu agonists, partial agonists and antagonists
To describe the basic approach used in at least three different types of non-pharmacological treatment of opioid dependence
To describe three symptoms of opioid withdrawal or intoxication that mimic symptoms of a psychiatric disorder
To list the criteria for establishing the diagnosis of opioid dependence
To list at least three situations in which patient information, with patient identity, can be shared under current laws protecting the patient’s confidentiality
To understand and minimize buprenorphine misuse and diversion. To be aware of the issues of drug interactions of buprenorphine and pediatric exposures

Credit Statement

This course has been reviewed and is acceptable for 4.25 credits of AOA Category 1A by the AOA CCME. It has also been reviewed and is acceptable for 4.25 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed credit, not as Category 1.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course Director

William Morrone, DO, MPH, DABAM, FACOFP & DAAPM, is Medical Director at Recovery Pathways, investigator in a naloxone distribution for Mid-Michigan, Medical Director of 35th Circuit Shiawassee County Drug Court, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Michigan State University for 18 years and was Program Director of Family Medicine at Synergy Medical Education Alliance and liaison in the Dept of Psychiatry. He is triple board certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine, American College of Osteopathic Family Practitioners and the American Academy of Pain Management. Dr. Morrone was a Ruth Fox faculty for the 42nd ASAM 2011 Medical-Scientific Co