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The ASAM Pain Management and Opioids: Mitigating Risks

The misuse of opioids is a major public health problem. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the following: From 1999 to 2016 more than 630,000 people died from drug overdoses.115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. The…

ASAM Review Course

BEST users are generally preparing for the ABPM or AOA certification examinations. As such, they are seeking a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of addiction medicine in order to improve their outcomes on the examination. The BEST seeks to meet practice…

The ASAM Criteria Online Foundations Course

Welcome to The ASAM Criteria interactive hybrid asynchronous Online Course 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…

The ASAM Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course

The ASAM Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course provides eight hours of required education to qualify for the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine in an office-based setting and covers essential information for providers to identify, assess, diagnose, and manage patients with…

ASAM Motivational Interviewing Workshop

The ASAM Motivational Interviewing Workshop is an engaging and interactive practice-based workshop designed to introduce and expand participants’ knowledge and competence utilizing Motivational Interviewing (MI) in addiction treatment settings. MI is a goal-oriented, collaborative counseling style that evokes a person’s…

Moving Beyond the Barriers of Treating Opioid Use Disorder

Moving Beyond the Barriers of Treating Opioid Use Disorder provides a deeper dive into implementing office-based treatment for opioid use disorder. This case-based, interactive, virtual-live course addresses moving beyond common barriers that prevent DEA-waivered clinicians from successfully treating patients with…

Applying Choosing Wisely Recommendations

Applying Choosing Wisely® Recommendations is an online education series consisting of three courses that include virtual patients and complementary resources. The goal of the course series is to support physicians in their application of specific Choosing Wisely® recommendations. The recommendations…

EFM Case Study #02: EFM Triage, Part 2

The act of sorting patients according to the urgency of their need for care, known as triage, is not limited to the ED. There are no formal EFM triage recommendations or clinical guidelines from ACOG, SMFM, or AWHONN regarding this…