Psychiatry

P.A.C.T.: Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain

P.A.C.T.: Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain curriculum focuses on improving clinicians’ ability to recognize, diagnose, and classify pain; educating clinicians on the full spectrum of pain management options, including non-opioid pharmacologic interventions; and providing risk reduction strategies through…

Psychiatry Risk and Claims

This activity examines psychiatrists’ risks of being named in a medical malpractice lawsuit and common allegations in such lawsuits. Exploring the case examples in this activity and adopting some of the affiliated risk management suggestions may help you to better…

STEM (Systematically Testing the Evidence on Marijuana)

Overview The Systematically Testing the Evidence on Marijuana (STEM) project is a web-based, independent, methodologically rigorous, and updated cannabis evidence resource for the health care sector that empowers health care providers to have evidence-based discussions about cannabis use with their…

Racial Justice and Health Equity in Addiction Medicine

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…

Neurosurgery Risk and Claims, Part 1: Diagnostic and Procedural Error

Neurosurgeons shoulder the burden of high-risk exposure for professional liability claims. Analysis of claims can help neurosurgeons to improve patient safety and reduce liability risk. The top categories of allegations of neurosurgery claims are procedural error (also known as improper…

Genius Academy Mental Health Case Studies

Practitioners in the field are required to work directly with clients to assess their needs and their symptoms, but typically their education is confined to textbooks and rarely do they get the opportunity to see the symptoms and behaviors demonstrated…

The ASAM Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder Course

Alcohol Use Disorder is not usually addressed in primary care, and this course is seeking to educate healthcare professionals about the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder. Of nearly 20 million people in United States who have AUD,…