ASAM Practice Pearls: Advanced Buprenorphine

Advanced Buprenorphine Case-Based Podcast Series

Created February 2025
Podcast Series

Overview

This is a four-episode podcast series focused on improving hospital and clinic-based buprenorphine treatment for OUD. These episodes provide expert insights, practical strategies, and real-world approaches to overcoming common challenges. Listeners will gain a deeper awareness of the specific challenges in buprenorphine prescribing, ultimately improving their clinical practices.

The target audience for this Introductory level series includes healthcare providers seeking flexible, on-the-go learning opportunities. 

This series addresses the following ACGME Competencies: Patient Care and Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning and Improvement, and Medical Knowledge.

• Podcast 1: Overcoming Barriers to MOUD at Discharge: Ensuring Continuity of Care from Skilled Nursing Facilities

Dr. Stephen Holt is joined by addiction medicine experts Dr. Carolyn Chan and Dr. Shawn Cohen. They explore key challenges and solutions in ensuring continuity of care for patients receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) during discharge from skilled nursing facilities. 

• Podcast 2: Creating Realistic Follow-Up Plans for Unstable Patients

Dr. Shawn Cohen is joined by addiction medicine experts Dr. Carolyn Chan and Dr. Stephen Holt. Together, they explore effective strategies for managing unstable patients and creating realistic follow-up plans that prioritize patient engagement and continuity of care.

• Podcast 3: Balancing Patient Confidentiality and Legal Obligations 

Dr. Stephen Holt and Dr. Shawn Cohen welcome addiction medicine expert Dr. Catherine Trimbur. They explore the delicate balance between protecting patient confidentiality and fulfilling legal responsibilities when responding to requests from parole officers, child welfare agencies, and other external entities.

• Podcast 4: Managing In-Hospital Substance Use

Dr. Carolyn Chan and Dr. Shawn Cohen welcome addiction medicine expert Dr. Marlene Martin. With extensive experience in helping care teams navigate the complexities of in-hospital substance use, Dr. Martin provides insights on how hospital-based providers can effectively address these challenges with confidence and compassion.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, learners will be able to:

1. Identify barriers to MOUD access at hospital discharge to skilled nursing facilities and apply advocacy and care coordination strategies to ensure continuity of care.
2. Develop patient-centered follow-up plans for patients with OUD by addressing barriers, building therapeutic alliances, and applying harm reduction principles to improve engagement and retention.
3. Apply ethical and legal principles to balance patient confidentiality with legal obligations when treating patients with SUD involved in the criminal justice or child welfare systems.
4. Implement evidence-based, patient-centered strategies for in-hospital substance use by prioritizing harm reduction, compassionate care, and multidisciplinary collaboration to improve patient safety and treatment outcomes.

Where to Listen:

Listen to these informative podcasts on opioid prescribing and patient-centered pain management via your favorite platform:

                                                                                                 

   

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Registration Open: 02/24/2025 - 01/24/2028

Close Access Date: 02/25/2028 

Acknowledgement

This content has been made available in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Indivior. No input or influence from Indivior was included in the development of the educational content. As an ACCME Provider, ASAM follows the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence for Accredited Continuing Education stating that owners and employees of ineligible companies are excluded from participating as planners or faculty, and must not be allowed to influence or control any aspect of the planning, delivery, or evaluation of accredited continuing education.

Instructions

1. Click on the Contents tab to begin this activity.
2. Listen to all three podcasts.
3. Click Complete Post Test to answer multiple choice questions. Participants will have 10 attempts to pass and must answer 9 out of 12 questions correctly.
4. Click Complete Evaluation to provide valuable activity feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
5. Click the button Claim Medical 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. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the ASAM eLearning Center, clicking Dashboard, and clicking Transcript/Achievements.

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Accreditation & Credits

Joint Accreditation Statement

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: 2 Credits

• Certified Counselors: NBCC Contact Hours Not Offered

   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.

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.

• ABIM MOC Points: 2 Medical Knowledge | 2 Patient Safety
• ABP MOC: 2 Lifelong Learning & Self-Assessment
• ABS Continuing Certification: 2 Accredited CME
• ABA MOCA 2.0®*: 2 Lifelong Learning | 2 Patient Safety
  MOCA 2.0® is a trademark of the American board of Anesthesiology®.
  This activity contributes to the 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.

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-20-330-0227.

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.

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