Access Addiction Medicine Online Course
UCSF Addiction Medicine
Course# MED27052
The MATE (Medication Access and Training Expansion) Act requires new or renewing DEA licensees (prescribers of schedule II – V controlled substances) to complete 8 hours of training on the treatment and management of patients with substance use disorders. The deadline to do so is the licensee’s upcoming DEA registration date.
The UCSF Office of CME and Divisions of Hospital and General Internal Medicine have created an 8 hour training which meets this requirement and provides CME credit for a nominal fee. Please use the link above and login to our online learning system (CMECalifornia) to attend “the UCSF 2023 Addiction Medicine Online Course.”
Study at your own pace with eight videos focused on substance use disorder as a brain disease, methadone, buprenorphine inductions, stimulants and drug-involved deaths, hospital-based care, street medicine, pregnancy and SUD, and adolescent addiction medicine.
This CME opportunity meets the SAMHSA Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act 8-hour training requirement for DEA licensing or renewal.
Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Apply new knowledge to better recognize substance use (SU) disorders;
- Revise screening practices to align with evidence-based recommendations for SU;
- Apply evidence-based treatments of SU disorders;
- Apply strategies to improve clinical team collaboration and practice;
- Apply communication strategies for more effective team care of patients with SU.
Access Treatment of Pediatric PaiN Online Course
Multimodal Treatment of Pediatric Pain to Avoid Addiction and Opioid Use Disorder
Course# MED27053
The MATE (Medication Access and Training Expansion) Act requires new or renewing DEA licensees (prescribers of Schedule II – V controlled substances) to complete eight (8) hours of training on the treatment and management of patients with substance use disorders. This eight-hour online course specific to pediatric practice was recorded from the 12th Annual Pediatric Pain Master Class and aims to address the lack of formal training in pediatric pain management.
Study at your own pace with eight videos focused on multimodal analgesia adjuvant analgesia; chronic pain in head, abdomen, muscles and joints; avoiding anxiety during needle procedures; opioid mitigation; substance use disorder; and cannabis and cannabinoids. Optional content in neuropathic pain and needle pain prevention is also available.
This CME opportunity meets the SAMHSA Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act 8-hour training requirement for DEA licensing or renewal.
Objectives
- Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Use an evidence-based approach to multimodal analgesia in children
- Explain the optimal approach to chronic pain in children
- Describe the essential five “bundled” components of needle pain management
- Develop strategies to identify youth and families at risk for opioid related adverse outcomes and approaches to reduce these risks
- Develop strategies to diagnose and treat pediatric/adolescent substance use disorder
- Describe components of successful chronic pain management without opioids and further testing/imaging in pediatric patients with chronic pain
- Compare the effectiveness and harms of cannabinoids in treatment of pediatric pain