Activity ID
9760Expires
November 2, 2025Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
6Fee
$0CME Provider: American Society of Addiction Medicine
Description of CME Course
In the course, participants will have opportunities to discuss the realities and complexities of treating people who are engaged in treatment court and apply strategies to real-world case studies with the goal of partnering with treatment courts and optimizing community resource linkage to better serve patients’ needs. The course is designed to help prescribing clinicians identify and understand the jurisdiction of their local treatment court and consider addiction treatment challenges and explore treatment opportunities unique to their court settings.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Family Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
1. Describe ways to reduce stigma against people with substance use disorders, including the use of accurate terminology.
2. Explain the role of timely and accurate diagnosis and treatment for clients/participants first engaging in treatment courts.
3. Define addiction as a chronic and manageable disease.
4. Describe the purpose, structure, and effectiveness of treatment courts.
5. Define the roles and responsibilities of treatment court team members.
6. Describe the roles and responsibilities of medical providers within treatment court settings.
7. Apply best clinical and partnership practices to case examples of patients who are engaged in treatment court and addiction treatment.
8. Advocate effectively for access to evidence-based treatment with treatment court team members.
Keywords
addiction, addiction medicine, treatment
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Physician Well-being activity
Organizational Culture of Wellness, Efficiencies in Medical Practice
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban
