Overview

The ASAM Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine is an 8-hour on-demand innovative, case-based workshop designed for providers who are relatively new to the field of addiction medicine, such as primary care physicians, clinicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and behavioral health specialists, who see patients at risk for or with addiction. 

Addiction as a disease continues to cost the global community a staggering amount both financially and in lives lost, but there are treatments available to help patients. Participants of this workshop will learn more about addiction medicine and how to screen, diagnose, treat, and/or refer patients with addiction – many of whom have co-occurring medical and psychiatric comorbidities. 

This is a practical, cased based course designed to be interactive and engaging. The course is designed to empower primary care and other providers to diagnose and treat patients at risk for, or with addiction, by translating the signs of the disease of addiction into transformative, positive outcomes for patients. 

The target audience for this beginner level workshop include: physicians, nurse practitioners/nurses, physician assistants, counselors, and other healthcare providers.  Clinicians who see patients with addiction in primary care, emergency/urgent care, treatment center, or general psychiatry settings.

The ACGME competencies include: Patient Care and Procedural Skills, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning and Improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills.

This on-demand course contains the following modules: 

• Module 1: Meeting Our Patient: An Introduction to Addictive Disorders
• Module 2: The Clinical Manifestations of the Neurobiology of Addiction
• Module 3: For Every Ill, There May Be a Pill: Assessing and Treating Substance Use Disorders
• Module 4: Should I Open Pandora's Box?  SBIRT and a "Taste" of Motivational Interviewing

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, learners will be able to:

1. Identify your own feelings and attitudes that promote or prevent therapeutic responses to patients with substance use disorders
2. Explain what occurs in the brain of a person with substance use disorder in terms of the brain's neurobiology
3. Use validated patient screening tools to detect substance use and interpret a spectrum of results
4. Use motivational interviewing to enhance patients' readiness to change risky behaviors
5. Offer the interventions that are appropriate to specific substances and severity of usage patterns
6. Respond to hazardous drinking with brief counseling strategies appropriate to the patient's readiness to change
7. For patients suspected of having a SUD, conduct a biopsychosocial assessment to provide a diagnosis and match the patient to an appropriate level of care
8. Prescribe pharmacotherapy appropriately for alcohol, tobacco, and opioid use disorders

Fees

Time limited offer: Save 25% on this workshop. Use code: “SUMMERFUNDA” at checkout.

(*) Residents, Fellows-in-training, Interns, and Students must join ASAM to receive a discounted registration rate. 

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• Residents, Fellows-in-training, and Interns: National and Chapter membership dues apply.
• There is no charge for Students to become a Member, but verification of student status is required. 
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Refunds & Cancellations

All ASAM e-Learning Center refund requests must be made in writing to education@asam.org within 90 days of purchase. Those requesting refunds for courses that are in progress will receive partial refunds or e-Learning Center credit. Automatic full refunds will be made for any course with a live-course component that has been cancelled.

Registration Deadline: 04/30/2024

Course Instructions

1. Click the Contents tab and select "Complete Course Overview Module".  After completing the entire module, return to the Contents tab.  Complete the remaining modules.
2. Click "Complete Post Test" to answer quiz questions. You will have 10 attempts and must get at least 18 out of 25 questions correct. After completing the quiz, return to the Contents tab. 
3. Click Complete Evaluation to answer evaluation questions. Scroll down on all questions, there are answers that expand past the size of the window. Submit the evaluation (the next box should activate, and the evaluation box should turn green with a white check mark).
4. Click the button “Claim Credits” in the box titled “Claim Credits & Certificate." Choose the type of credit and click submit. Click the button “View/Print Certificate” to save or print your certificate. If you ever lose your certificate, you can come back to the ASAM e-Learning Center and view it on your transcript (found in the Dashboard).

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Credits and Disclosures

CME, CE, CEU and Other Credit Types

ACCME Accreditation Statement

The American Society of Addiction Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

The American Society of Addiction Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

The AAFP has reviewed The ASAM Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine and deemed it acceptable for up to 8.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 03/01/2021 to 03/01/2022. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AMA/AAFP Equivalency

AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.

American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)

This activity has been reviewed by the AAPA Review Panel and is compliant with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 8 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid from 2/8/2021 to 2/8/2022. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. AAPA reference number: CME-201808.

American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

This activity is approved for 8.0 contact hour(s) of continuing education (which includes 2.0 hours of pharmacology) by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Activity ID 21014689. This activity was planned in accordance with AANP Accreditation Standards and Policies.

National Board for Certified Counselors ACEP

The 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. The American Society of Addiction Medicine is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals

This activity has been approved by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #295, ASAM is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

California Association for Drug/Alcohol Educators (CAADE)

This educational program is approved by CAADE: #CP40 999 1222

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-20-330-1222

Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)

Non-physician participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion of the activity and an online evaluation confirming their participation. Participants should submit his/her certificate of attendance to their professional organization/institute.

Maintenance of Certification

American Board of Medical Specialties MOC Approval Statement

Through the American Board of Medical Specialties (“ABMS”) ongoing commitment to increase access to practice relevant Continuing Certification Activities through the ABMS Continuing Certification Directory, the ASAM Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine Online Workshop has met the requirements as a MOC Part II CME Activity (apply toward general CME requirement) for the following ABMS Member Boards: Allergy and Immunology, Anesthesiology, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Family Medicine, Medical Genetics and Genomics, Nuclear Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Plastic Surgery, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry and Neurology, Radiology, Thoracic Surgery, Urology

American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM)

The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) has approved this activity for a maximum of 8 LLSA credits towards ABPM MOC Part II requirements.

American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)

This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology TM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn a maximum of 8 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 8 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credits.

American Board of Surgery (ABS)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and/or Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)

Successful completion of this CME activity can be used to satisfy the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology’s (ABPN) CME requirement for Maintenance of Certification program.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)

Royal College Fellows can use participation in Accredited Continuing Medical Education to earn Section 3 Credits

American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM)

Successful completion of this activity can be used to satisfy the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) for Tmoc as credits towards ABAM LLSA Part II requirements.

CME Reviewer and Disclosure Information

ASAM CME Committee Reviewer

Herbert Malinoff, MD, FACP, DFASAM – No Relevant Financial Disclosures 

Program Planning Committee, CME Committee, Medical Education Council (MEC), and Faculty Disclosure Information

In accordance with disclosure policies of ASAM and the ACCME, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all CME activities. These policies include mitigating all possible relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for the Planning Committees, CME Committee, MEC, and Faculty. All activity Planning Committee members and Faculty have disclosed relevant financial relationship information. The ASAM CME Committee has reviewed these disclosures and determined that the relationships are not inappropriate in the context of their respective presentations and are not inconsistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.

Faculty and Planning Committee

Faculty Disclosure Information

Miriam S. Komaromy, MD, FACP, FASAM (Chair) – No Relevant Financial Disclosures

Peter L. Selby MBBS, CCFP, FCFP, MHSc, DFASAM, (Immediate Past Chair) – Does Disclose

• Johnson and Johnson: Consultant/Advisory Board, Other Research Support includes receipt of drugs, supplies, equipment or other in-kind support
• Pfizer: Consultant/Advisory Board, Other Research Support includes receipt of drugs, supplies, equipment

Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM, DFASAM – Does Disclose

• American Institutes for Research, Individuals Involved: Self, Clinical Condition: Substance use research, Type of financial relationship: Employment

Abby Letcher, MD - No Relevant Financial Disclosures

Planning Committee Disclosure Information

Miriam S. Komaromy, MD, FACP, FASAM (Chair) – No Relevant Financial Disclosures

Angela L. Colistra, PhD, LPC, CAADC, CCS – No Relevant Financial Disclosures

Jill Mattingly, DHSc, MMSc, PA-C – No Relevant Financial Disclosures

Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, DABAM – No Relevant Financial Disclosures

Kirk D. Moberg, MD, PhD, FASAM– No Relevant Financial Disclosures

Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM, DFASAM – Does Disclose

• American Institutes for Research, Individuals Involved: Self, Clinical Condition: Substance use research, Type of financial relationship: Employment

J. Paul Seale, MD, FASAM – No Relevant Financial Disclosures 

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated