Activity ID
7350Expires
February 28, 2025Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
8Fee
$149 - $199CME Provider: American Society of Addiction Medicine
Description of CME Course
The ASAM Criteria Course is comprised of a comprehensive suite of competency-based learning activities in a live interactive webinar delivery format that meet the learning needs of the multiple audiences and results in the appropriate use of the Criteria in practice. This is a practical training designed to help beginner, intermediate, and advanced counselors, social workers, administrators, and other clinical staff develop patient-centered service plans and make objective decisions about patient admission, continuing care, and transfer/discharge for individuals with addictive, substance-related, and co-occurring conditions. The workshop content is based on information found in The ASAM Criteria: Treatment Criteria for Addictive, Substance-Related, and Co-Occurring Conditions, Third Edition and incorporates an opportunity for participants to practice applying the information through case-based activities.
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
Describe the underlying principles and concepts of the ASAM Criteria.
Identify the six dimensions of the ASAM Criteria’s multidimensional patient assessment.
Determine treatment priorities based on risk assessment to guide treatment and service planning.
Determine an appropriate level of care and treatment priorities based on risk assessment.
Implement the ASAM Criteria, in the context of system challenges, for patients with addiction to ensure appropriate level of care and treatment outcomes.
Keywords
Addiction, Primary Care, Addiction Medicine
Competencies
Medical Knowledge, Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AAFP Prescribed Credit, AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Physician Well-being activity
Efficiencies in Medical Practice, Organizational Culture of Wellness
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
