Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers
Date Available: 10/21/19
Date Expires: 10/21/20
Course Type: Home Study
Sponsor Name: University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
Course Registration Link: https://courses.edx.org/login?next=/dashboard%3Fnotlive%3DOct%2B21
CE Value (credits): 13
CE Type: Standard, Pain
Contact Information:
Trish Meyer
734-763-5880
meyerpa@umich.edu
Course Description:
This course will provide knowledge, skills and resources to raise awareness, increase understanding, and ultimately help to prevent non-medical use of opioids. This course will educate audiences, namely non-prescribing providers, about the opioid crisis and describe the innovative research being conducted at the University of Michigan that can transform clinical care and practice so that providers can have a direct impact on the epidemic. There are considerable education programs, including medical continuing education, focused towards prescribers and this educational offering will be focused to non-prescribing health and social care providers. The course will consider the opioid epidemic from several strategies including prevention, intervention, education, and policy. This open learning course is designed primarily for non-prescribing healthcare, behavioral health, and social services professionals, as well as health professional and graduate students in these fields. The course was developed by three University of Michigan programs, including the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI), Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network (Michigan OPEN) and the Injury Prevention Center.