It Takes Imagination to See Without Sight: Envisioning Inclusivity
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It Takes Imagination to See Without Sight: Envisioning Inclusivity
Recorded: Thursday, April 13, 2023 to Sunday, April 16, 2023
On-Demand Session
Overview
This 75-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 54th Annual Conference addresses the complex interactions of physical disability and the disease of addiction.
An interactive session is planned to re-imagine our health care settings, where both the physically disabled and the person with addiction have equitable access for mental and physical health services, employment, and social integration. To be described: the prevalence of physical disability, substance use disorders, evidence that co-occurrence is likely and renders vulnerability. The presentation will include the benefits of: (1) cross-trainings in rehabilitation counseling and addiction, (2) integrating care, (3) removing physical barriers, and (4) education and advocacy.
The target audience for this introductory level session includes physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, other clinicians, researchers, residents, fellows, students, and counselors.
This session addresses the following ACGME Competencies: Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
This session addresses the following IOM Competencies:Provide patient-centered care, Professionalism
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, learners will be able to:
- Describe the complex interactions of physical disability and the disease of addiction.
- Identify barriers impeding recovery and addiction disease management for the physically disabled using an accessibility analytical tool as applied to their health care settings.
- Articulate solutions for enhancing accessibility and using integrated care in their physical rehabilitation and addiction treatment programs.
Registration Rates
| Rate Description | Rate |
| ASAM Member | $29 |
| Non-Member | $39 |
| Associate Member | $19 |
| Resident Member* | $19 |
| Student Member* | $19 |
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Registration Deadline: 05/15/2026
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Cheryl Hartman, PhD
Assistant Professor, VA Bridge to Treatment Expansion Project Director
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Cheryl W. Hartman (Cheri) PhD, is the Director of Virginia's ED Bridge to Treatment Expansion Project, working in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Carilion Clinic, and as Assistant Professor in the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA. Cheri has focused her career on science-driven approaches to prevention (school dropout, teen pregnancy, obesity, substance misuse), working primarily with youth, until her shift into the addiction treatment field. Grant-funded projects she has led include a childhood obesity prevention program, the Teen Outreach Program embedded in Roanoke Valley schools, and a youth addiction treatment program (Back on Track), a homelessness project, state and Carilion SBIRT trainings, and the ED Bridge to Treatment Expansion Project. She led a fundraising campaign to build a playground in an impoverished neighborhood of Roanoke. Cheri was recognized by Roanoke's City Council as "Citizen of the Year" in 2021. Cheri co-led a community-based effort to create the Roanoke Valley HOPE Initiative, working with law enforcement to link individuals in need of addiction treatment to a local free clinic. Cheri teaches and mentors medical students, residents and fellows through the VA Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She has published on topics of educational psychology and substance use. Cheri collaborated with her husband on research projects in the fields of opioid use disorder treatment, identifying predictors of treatment retention and successful transitioning from the acute care setting to ambulatory follow up care. Cheri worked jointly with her husband, David, on publications regarding the inclusion of the disabled in medical school. As a couple, Cheri and Dave have spoken extensively on the topic of inclusion of the disabled in the workplace, school settings, all aspects of society, having traveled to Taiwan and throughout the country to speak to this topic of inclusion of the disabled.
David Hartman, MD, FASAM
Addiction Medicine Psychiatrist and Associate Professor
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and the Carilion Clinic
David W. Hartman MD is a psychiatrist, subcertified in Addiction Medicine, providing outpatient services at the Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA and is an Associate Professor with the VA Tech Carilion School of Medicine. David was admitted in 1972 into Temple University’s School of Medicine,first time in modern medical education that a sightless person was admitted into medical school. Dave graduated in 1976 and completed his psychiatric residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1980. Dave entered private practice in Roanoke, Virginia 40 years ago. He teaches medical students, residents and fellows in psychiatry and addiciton medicine through his faculty position with the VA Tech Carilion School of Medicine. Dave has a passion for treating addiction and provides medication-assisted treatment, being waivered to prescribe buprenorphine. He led the way to establish the first preferred model office-based opioid treatment program at an academic center in Virginia per the parameters of Virginia's ARTS (Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services) Initiative. Dave has researched the impact of buprenorphine on pregnant patients’ prenatal care and factors predicting successful transitions from the ED to outpatient care and retention in buprenorphine treatment. He is a Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, and a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dave served as Chairman of Mental Health America of Roanoke, member of Virginia’s State Board for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and the Governor’s Commission on the Opioid/Addiction Crisis in Virginia. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical society. Publications include his autobiography, "White Coat White Cane," articles on admitting disabled persons into medical school, sports psychology, SBIRT, addiction, personality disorders. He is married to Dr. Cheri Hartman, who works alongside him at Carilion’s Clinic. Married 49 years with three children, four grandkids. Interests: guitar, swimming, and reading!
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 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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 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.
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 / Continuing Certification Program
American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM)
The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) has approved this activity for 1.25 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 1.25 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 1.25 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.
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.
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.
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/CE activities. These policies include mitigating all possible relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for the Planning Committees and Presenters. All activity Planning Committee members and Presenters have disclosed relevant financial relationship information. The ASAM CE 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.
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