April 17 - 18, 2025
Live Stream - Remote Learning
Course# MDM25P05 - Department: Medicine
Registration Fees
$500.00 Physicians
$450.00 Advanced Practice Professionals/Nurses
$150.00 Residents/Fellows
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing before the April 10, 2025 will be refunded, less an administrative fee of $75. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date.
Please submit your cancellation request at https://tiny.ucsf.edu/cmehelp
Overview
The 5th Annual UCSF Addiction CME Conference aims to increase the core competency of medical teams in the inpatient and outpatient settings to improve care for patients who use drugs and alcohol. This conference will increase skills in diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of common substance use disorders through didactics taught by local addiction experts, as well as small group discussions to apply this knowledge to patient care. This is a Virtual Conference.
Target Audience
Physicians
Nurse practitioners and Physician Associates (PAs)
Topics Covered
- Keynote address from a person with lived experience of Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
- SUD as a brain disease, stigma
- Opioid Use Disorder, including starting buprenorphine and methadone
- Alcohol use disorder
- Benzodiazepine use disorder and withdrawal management
- Stimulant use disorder
- Pregnancy and SUDs
- Pain and SUDs
- Hospital based care for patients with SUDs
- Communication and documentation in caring for patients with SUDs
Accreditation
The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Live Stream Meeting
This course will be offered as a virtual conference. Login instructions along with the digital syllabus will be shared with the attendees a week before the meeting. Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference and for 30 days after the course. You must tune in to the live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME.
Objectives
Attendees completing this course will be able to:
- Describe the diagnosis of substance use disorders (SUDs)
- Identify the evidence-based treatments for opioid, alcohol, and stimulant use disorders
- Apply this knowledge to clinical cases of patients with substance use disorders
Course Outline
Course Chairs
Jessica Ristau, MD*
Assistant Professor
Alex Logan, MD*
Assistant Professor
* Board Certified or Certified in Specialty as Addiction Specialists
Faculty
Elizabeth Abbs
Dianna Coffa, MD
Phillip Coffin, MD, MIA, FACP, FIDSA
Triveni Defries, MD
Alex Logan, MD
Khaled Moussawi, MD, PhD - UCSF
Jose P, Drug and Alcohol Counselor
Jessica Ristau, MD
Sujatha Sankaran, MD
Johanna Sluser, FNP-C, CARN-AP
Hannah Snyder, MD
Christy Soran, MD, MPH
Mishka Terplan, MD
Andy Tompkins, MD
Tauheed Zaman, MD
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