This is PART 1 of the 8-hour Buprenorphine Training
NOTE: This training has a starting time of 8:00 AM Eastern Time.Please check your time zone for start time and download the Zoom app prior to training. https://zoom.us/ent?zcid=2582The 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.
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.
Stephen A. Wyatt, D.O, is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist with added subspecialty certification in Addiction Psychiatry. He completed his residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland and then entered a NIDA clinical research fellowship in addiction psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. He is an adjunct clinical faculty member of the University of North Carolina. He is a past president of the AOAAM. He is the current Chairman of the NC Psychiatric Asso. Addiction Psychiatry Committee and the Vice Chair of the Coalition on Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders a national organization focused on addiction medicine medical school education. He was the Co-Chair for the 2020 focused update of the ASAM Clinical Guidelines for Office Based Opioid Treatment. He is a clinical expert for the SAMHSA funded Provider Clinical Support System, PCSS; Medication Assisted Treatment and Implementation Projects.