Addressing Intersectionality Within Addiction Medicine
Created: July 2024 Online Module
Overview
This 1-hour online module addresses the causes and enduring consequences of racism and health inequities in the treatment of individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). Learners will explore systems of oppression and their impact on healthcare, highlighting the urgent need to dismantle these systems, mitigate biased behaviors, and improve health outcomes for minoritized individuals with SUDs. The module emphasizes the importance of culturally relevant research techniques and clinical interventions using an intersectional framework to achieve equity in addiction treatment.
In this module, learners will gain an understanding of intersectionality, identify various minoritized and disenfranchised populations, and learn strategies to address the barriers to treatment that these groups face.
This module, Addressing Intersectionality Within Addiction Medicine, is the fourth in a series of four modules on diversity, equity, and inclusion in addiction medicine.
The target audience for this introductory-level activity includes physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists, addiction educators, social workers, counselors, and other clinicians involved in patient care.
This activity addresses the following CE Competencies: Patient Care, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, and Practice-Based Learning.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, learners will be able to:
Explain the concept of intersectionality and its significance in addiction medicine.
Apply the principles of intersectionality to enhance treatment for patients with addiction.
Identify further minoritized and disenfranchised populations and the barriers they encounter in accessing treatment.
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Open Registration: 07/19/2024 - 06/01/2027
Closed Access Date: 07/01/2027
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Amanda Latimore
PhD, AIR
Amanda Latimore, PhD, AIR is a social epidemiologist and the Director of AIR's Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES). AIR CARES’s multidisciplinary team conducts research, provides technical assistance, engages communities, and translates research into action with the goal of preventing addiction and addressing the needs of those impacted by addiction. Dr. Latimore emphasizes in her approach to this work the role of the structural and social determinants of health in contributing to racial inequities and facilitating or impeding health. Dr. Latimore engages state leaders in exploring how to use funding such as cannabis tax revenue and opioid settlement dollars to repair harms of punitive and unjust drug-related policies and programs. She currently leads a mixed-method evaluation funded by the Greater Washington Community Foundation to assess the impact of a $95M investment in the structural and social determinants of health to advance health equity. She has previously served as a policy consultant to the American Society of Addiction Medicine on advocacy priorities for racial justice. Dr. Latimore is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University where she continues to teach social epidemiology and emphasize the importance of translating research for practice.
No relevant financial disclosure
Philomena Kebec
J.D.
Philomena Kebec, J.D., belongs to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and currently serves as the Economic Development Coordinator for the Band. Prior to joining the Band’s Planning Department, Philomena and co-founder Aurora Conley spent years building a start-up syringe services and harm reduction program to reduce drug-related morbidity and mortality on the Bad River Reservation. Philomena is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth Masters in Tribal Government and Administration Program and a DrPH Student and Bloomberg Fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health focused on Addiction and Overdose. She serves as an Associate Justice for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.
Avik Chatterjee
MD MPH
Dr. Chatterjee is a med-peds trained primary care and addiction medicine physician at several shelter-based clinics through Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. His areas of clinical and research interest include innovative treatment models for opioid use disorder in marginalized populations, and interventions on social determinants of health, such as food insecurity. He has an additional interest in racism and health care, particularly its manifestations in medical education and training.
No relevant financial disclosure
Anika Alvanzo
MD, MS, DFASAM, FACP
Anika Alvanzo, MD, MS, DFASAM, FACP is the Eastern Region Medical Director for Pyramid Healthcare, Inc. She also serves as a physician consultant on substance use disorders to the Behavioral Health Administration in the Maryland Department of Health and is the Managing Partner of Uzima Consulting Group, LLC, which provides addiction medicine-related consultation, education and training, and expert witness testimony. Dr. Alvanzo is a graduate of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and holds a master’s degree in biostatistics from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Alvanzo is a Distinguished Fellow of ASAM, a Past President of the Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine (MDDCSAM), and currently serves as Chair of the ASAM Annual Conference Program Planning Committee and Region V Director for the ASAM Board of Directors.
At Pyramid Healthcare, Inc., Dr. Alvanzo’s role is to optimize and standardize the medical care, with emphasis on substance withdrawal management and pharmacotherapy, in the residential and outpatient addiction treatment programs in Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland. Prior to this, Dr. Alvanzo spent twelve years as faculty in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she held a variety of clinical leadership roles, including Associate Medical Director of Addiction Treatment Services and the Center for Addiction and Pregnancy and Medical Director of the Broadway Center for Addiction, comprehensive, outpatient substance use disorder treatment (SUD) programs on the Johns Hopkin Bayview and Johns Hopkins Hospital campuses, respectively. From 2011 – 2018, Dr. Alvanzo directed the Substance Use Disorders Consultation Service, a multidisciplinary addiction consultation service serving the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Medicine general and subspecialty services.
Dr. Alvanzo has served as an expert on National Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), National Quality Forum (NQF) and PEW Research Center panels regarding opioids and integration of recovery-oriented care in various medical settings.
In support of improving patient care, the American Society of Addiction Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credits Available
Physicians: 1 Credit
Non-Physicians: 1 Credit
Certified Counselors: NBCC Contact Hours Not offered
Maintenance of Certification (MOC)/Continuing Certification Program (CCP)
This activity is designed to meet the requirements for MOC/CCP for several primary physician boards and for state licensing CME requirements. MOC Credit is only reported and designated for ABA, ABP, ABIM, and ABS. By completing the online credit application and evaluation, the learner permits ASAM to report credits to the appropriate Board. Learn more.
ABA MOCA 2.0®*: 1 Lifelong Learning | 1 Patient Safety
ABIM MOC Points: 1 Medical Knowledge | 1 Patient Safety
Additionally, this activity has been designed to satisfy the requirements of the following primary physician board certification requirements. Please confirm with your individual Board.
American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM)
American Board of Preventative Medicine (ABPM)
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
Certificates for other professions
All participants may request a certificate of participation upon completion of the activity and an online evaluation confirming their participation. Learners are strongly advised to contact their professional licensing board or professional association to confirm this certificate will be accepted as evidence supporting continuing education requirements.
California Association for Drug/Alcohol Educators (CAADE)
This educational program is approved by CAADE: #CP40 999 1225.
California Association of DUI Treatment Centers (CADTP)
This educational program is approved by CADTP: #205.
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)
This educational program is approved by CCAPP: #OS-20-330-1224.
Disclosure Information
In accordance with the disclosure policies of ASAM and Joint Accreditation, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all accredited continuing education activities. These policies include identifying and mitigating all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved in the creation and dissemination of accredited continuing education.
See the attached pdf for a list of disclosures.
American Society of Addiction Medicine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7062. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. American Society of Addiction Medicine is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
MOCA 2.0® is a trademark of the American board of Anesthesiology®.
This activity contributes to the patient safety CME requirement for Part II: Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment of the American board of Anesthesiology's (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® (MOCA®), known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, https://www.theaba.org/, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.
The complete list of disclosures and designation statements are linked below.
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This activity will take approximately 60 minutes to complete. This activity was last reviewed and updated in July 2024.
Up to 1.00 medical credits available | Certificate available
Up to 1.00 medical credits available | Certificate available
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