Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
This training reviews the basics of overdose education and response, including caring for patients with a history of overdose and the efficacy of bystander overdose education and prevention. We will focus on novel overdose prevention strategies, including test strips, sedation monitoring centers, safe consumption sites, and safe supply. Further, this training identifies naloxone (Narcan's) mechanism of action.
Intended audience
The entire multidisciplinary team providing treatment for substance use disorders in an office-based setting as well as anyone in a clinical or non-clinical position that is interested in learning about harm reduction.
Speakers
Vanessa Loukas, MSN, FNP-C, CARN-AP (she/her)
Vanessa is a clinical nurse educator for Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, a Family Nurse Practitioner in General Internal Medicine at BMC, and an assistant professor of medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Vanessa earned her master’s in nursing from Simmons University and is certified as a Certified Addiction Registered Nurse – Advanced Practice (CARN-AP) through the Addictions Nursing Certification Board.
Joseph Shay, Public Health Specialist
Joe is a public health specialist with expertise in educating patients and healthcare professionals on safer use strategies. Joe is passionate about fostering trust in the healthcare system, creating meaningful relationships with people who use drugs, and connecting high-risk patient populations to low-barrier care. For the past 5 years, Joe demonstrated his expertise in harm reduction while working at Project Trust, a drop-in street-level clinic that provides addiction treatment resources, overdose prevention interventions, safer use supplies, and assistance in navigating levels of care. His commitment to community outreach and passion for connecting with individuals across the spectrum of substance use is evident through his relationships with patients. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, Joe continued to advocate for those with substance use disorder, co-authoring a piece highlighting the impacts of the pandemic on overdose along with the unique challenges and opportunities for change that it presented.
Objectives
Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:
- Review the epidemiology of opioid overdose death throughout the United States.
- Identify metaphysical contributions to the associated risk of opioid overdose for specific subpopulations of people using substances.
- Appraise the effectiveness of current/traditional models of opioid overdose prevention.
- Assess the effectiveness of novel opioid overdose prevention strategies and their feasibility in the community setting.
- Identify the concerns associated with opioid overdose in the context of polysubstance use.
Sponsored by
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)
Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI085588-02 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Accreditation information
REQUIREMENTS for credit
- Register for training.
- Arrive/log into the Zoom meeting with the same email address associated with your addictiontraining.org user account no more than 10 minutes after designated start time for program.
- Identify yourself by typing your full name, ensuring your zoom name matches that used to register for training (or you cannot be marked on attendance).
- Be present through the end of the activity (i.e. until the designated end time of training).
- Complete evaluation within 2 weeks of program completion.
Please note this policy is strictly enforced for accreditation purposes. Participants will forfeit collection of credit and certificates of completion if more than 10 minutes of the training is missed.
