Free, Live Virtual Educational Events for Healthcare Providers:
Accredited for Physicians, ADRA, LPCs and Social Workers
Previous Virtual Events
Previous Virtual Educational Events for Healthcare Providers:
Accredited for Physicians, ADRA, LPCs and Social Workers
- Defining the Opioid Problem: Where We Are and How We Got Here - Julie Stevens, MPS, ACPS, ICPS
- Medication Assisted Treatment: Lessons Learned - Winford Amos, MBA, LPC, LAC, CCS
- Opioid Overdose Recognition and Naloxone Administration - Joy Alonzo, M.Engineering, PharmD
- Addressing/Reducing the Stigma of Addictions Across all Professions - James Hussey, MD and Arwen Podesta, MD
- LGBTQ Mental Health and Addiction - Petros Levounis, MD, MA
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will become aware of current data regarding use and opioid deaths.
- Participants will examine data regarding prescription opioids.
- Participants will learn of events that contributed to the current opioid crisis
- Participants will acquire information about the extent of the problem in Louisiana.
Learning Objectives:
- Screen a client for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).
- Make an appropriate referral for clients with Opioid Use Disorder.
- Understand challenges for continuity of care when working with clients receiving MAT.
Learning Objectives:.
- Participants will become aware of current data regarding use and opioid deaths.
- Participants will examine data regarding prescription opioids.
- Participants will learn of events that contributed to the current opioid crisis.
- Participants will acquire information about the extent of the problem in Louisiana.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand definition of and varying types of stigma.
- Describe how Public and Self-stigma has negative impact on healthcare delivery and access.
- Understand and be able to utilize person-first language to reduce automatic negative thoughts which contribute to poorer access and outcomes for those with substance use disorders.
Learning Objectives:.
- Provide culturally informed and culturally sensitive counseling to LGBTQ patients.
- Participants will be able to list the three dimensions of sexual orientation.
- Participants will be able to discuss the connection between substance use among gay men and the risk of HIV transmission.
- Contrast the geographical distribution of fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine in the US.