Activity ID
9768Expires
December 1, 2025Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
4Fee
$0CME Provider: American Society of Addiction Medicine
Description of CME Course
This four-hour on-demand course focuses on the causes and enduring consequences of racism and health inequities in the treatment of people with substance use disorders (SUDs). Learners will explore health disparities in substance use and the causes therein, with a special emphasis on racially oppressive values that are harmful to racial and ethnic minoritized populations and learn skills to implement in their practice and organization to recognize and respond to inequities.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Anesthesiology
Family Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurology
Radiology
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. Examine the foundational concepts of racial inequity in access to healthcare and U.S. drug policy.
2. Explore how both explicit and implicit bias contribute to the propagation of health inequity in the treatment of people with substance use disorders.
3. Identify embedded racism that led to inequities within systems, including institutional structures, policies, and their effects on healthcare outcomes.
4. Identify anti-racism as an integral professional competency to help engage in conversations about race and racism and support skills to practice compassionate and equitable patient care.
5. Understand how to employ a racial equity framework to support long-lasting changes in clinical practice and healthcare systems.
Keywords
Racial inequity, Addiction, Substance Use Disorder, Addiction Medicine, Health disparities
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
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Physician Scientists, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
