Medication-Assisted Treatment
Nurses Drive Care for Opioid Use Disorder 

This course is a video presentation.

Reviewed and approved August 14, 2020
Expires: August 13, 2023


This learning module is one of a series of four modules produced in conjunction with California BRIDGE. The goal of this series is to educate inpatient physicians on the identification, treatment, and follow up needs for patients with opioid use disorder. This course is aimed at teaching nursing the skills necessary to assess patients for opioid use disorder. It also aims to improve their knowledge regarding the importance of identifying and treating these patients in the acute care setting. It will do this via a recorded webinar linked to assessment of learning.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, learners should be able to:
1. Describe the benefits associated with Medication for Addiction Treatment (MAT).
2. Increase knowledge of the medications that are used to treat Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and how they work.
3. Develop and implement a nursing care plan associated with acute opioid withdrawal.
4. Distinguish when to advocate for an immediate start vs. a home start of buprenorphine.
5. Understand the ethical implications and stigma associated with OUD and its treatment.

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The course material consists of a video presentation that takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Method of participation:

1. View video - handout of slides are available in PDF format
2. Complete the test (Passing score is 100% and with three possible attempts)
3. Complete the evaluation
4. Certificate is available after passing the test and completing the evaluation

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Accreditation

The University of California, Davis, Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

The University of California, Davis, Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants

Physician Assistants may claim a maximum of .5 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.

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Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

As a provider accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the University of California, Davis, Health must ensure balance, independence and objectivity in all its continuing medical education (CME) activities to promote improvements in health care and not proprietary interests of a commercial interest. The CME provider controls all decisions related to identification of CME needs, determination of educational objectives, selection and presentation of content, selection of all persons and organizations that will be in a position to control the content, selection of educational methods and evaluation of the activity. Course directors, planning committee members, presenters, authors, moderators, panel members and others in a position to control the content of this activity are required to disclose relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies related to the subject matter of this educational activity. Learners are able to assess the potential for commercial bias when complete disclosure, mitigation of conflicts of interest, and acknowledgment of commercial support are provided prior to the activity. Informed learners are the final safeguards in assuring that a CME activity is independent from the influence or control of commercial interests. We believe these mechanisms contribute to the transparency and accountability of CME. 

 

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education defines an ineligible company as any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

The following person has disclosed a relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest related to this CME activity which has been resolved through UC Davis, Health Office of Continuing Medical Education procedures to meet ACCME standards:

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The following persons have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests related to this CME activity:

COURSE CHAIR
James Chenoweth, MD

SPEAKERS
Tana Brooks, RN

PLANNING COMMITTEE
Sarah Windels, BS, MPH
Amy Lund-Stone, RN
Arianna Sampson, PA-C
CONTENT REVIEWER
Daniel Colby, MD

If you have any questions please contact UC Davis Health Office of Continuing Medical Education at at cme@ucdavis.edu or phone (916) 734-5352