Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
As part of the twice-monthly SUD Care Continuum ECHO® series, Alexis Gallardo Foreman, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, TTS, and Cornelia Wakeman, NP, will describe current patterns, health risks, and drivers of e-cigarette use among adults, including co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions, and apply evidence-based, patient-centered strategies to assess readiness, counsel adults on vaping cessation or reduction, and integrate pharmacologic and behavioral supports into routine clinical care. The didactic will be followed by a de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO® participant and recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees.
The Substance Use Disorder Care Continuum ECHO® (SUD Care Continuum ECHO®) series offers training and support in addiction treatment, with a focus on supporting front line addiction treatment workforce. This includes health providers in Acute Treatment Services (ATS), Crisis Stabilization Services (CSS), Transitional Support Services (TSS), Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP), long-term residential program, sober and recovery homes, primary care, and psychiatry. This free, case-based tele-mentoring program is designed to increase the capacity of health care providers to implement high-quality and evidence-based addiction treatment.
Intended audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
Speakers
Alexis Gallardo Foreman, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, TTS
Dr. Alexis Gallardo Foreman is a nurse practitioner and assistant professor of pulmonology, allergy, sleep and critical care at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Among other things, her work has focused on hospital-wide efforts at Boston Medical Center to reduce readmissions of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease through the creation of educational resources for inhaler teaching and nicotine replacement therapies for patients at the bedside and post-discharge.
Cornelia Wakeman, NP
Cornelia Wakeman is a nurse practitioner in Boston Medical Center’s pulmonary department and is also co-director of the Tobacco Treatment Program at Boston Medical center. Her clinical interests include working with patient populations who experience substance use and tobacco use disorders as well as developing tailored interventions to reach socioeconomically disadvantaged populations and reduce health care disparities.
Objectives
Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:
- Describe current patterns, health risks, and drivers of e-cigarette use among adults, including co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions.
- Apply evidence-based, patient-centered strategies to assess readiness, counsel adults on vaping cessation or reduction, and integrate pharmacologic and behavioral supports into routine clinical care.
Sponsored by
Massachusetts 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
Please read the Accreditation Information section of the training page to learn about the requirements for receiving credit or a certificate of completion.
