The ASAM Pain & Addiction Essentials is a series of online modules that cover the foundations of pain and addiction including the science, stigma, screening and assessment, treatment, and interdisciplinary approaches. The modules are self-paced and include interactive activities, knowledge check questions, video content, and text-based content. You can take the modules together as a full 6-hour course or purchase them individually to fill your knowledge gaps in pain and addiction topics.

What You’ll Learn

The Essentials modules cover the following topics. Take them all for a comprehensive learning experience or take the one that best meets your learning needs.

• Module 1: Science - Understand the neurobiology and physiology of addiction, pain and trauma, and the pharmacology of related substances.
• Module 2: Stigma - Recognize unconscious (implicit) and conscious (explicit) feelings and attitudes in themselves, patients, and others in the health care delivery system that may impact therapeutic responses to patients with pain and addiction.
• Module 3: Screening & Assessment - Conduct a comprehensive assessment and re-assessment of the patient’s pain and addiction to enable the formulation of an appropriate treatment plan.
• Module 4: Pharmacological Treatment Approaches - Develop a pharmacological evidence-based, individualized treatment plan for patients with pain and/or addiction, effectively communicate treatment plan to the patient, and manage patient progress and treatment changes effectively.
• Module 5: Nonpharmacological Treatment Approaches - Develop a nonpharmacological evidence-based, individualized treatment plan for patients with pain and/or addiction, effectively communicate treatment plan to the patient, and manage patient progress and treatment changes effectively.
• Module 6: Interdisciplinary Approaches - Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of providers and allied health professionals in the assessment and treatment of pain and addiction.