Boston Medical Center (BMC) Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)

A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals

Addiction 101 (Part of Harm Reduction/Addiction 101 Training for Restoration Recovery Center, Inc. and CHL-Leominster)

February 2, 2021
11:00 am–12:00 pm ET

The training covers stigma, the disease model of addiction, and provides an overview of evidence-based treatment of substance use disorders.

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Virtual meeting

Via Zoom

Description

This training is appropriate for all health care organization staff, including non-clinicians. The training covers stigma, the disease model of addiction, and provides an overview of evidence-based treatment of substance use disorders.

Intended audience

The frontline staff and outreach workers of Restoration Recovery Center, Inc and CHL-Leominster.

Speakers

Justin Alves, MSN, RN, ACRN, CARN Andrea Caputo, DNP, FNP-BC, CARN-AP Eric Buttner, Recovery Coach Brandice Denette, RN-BC, BSN, CARN Adam Walsh, RN

Objectives

Sponsored by

Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), Boston Medical Center Office Based Addiction Treatment and Technical Assistance (BMC OBAT TTA), State Targeted Response Technical Assistance Consortium, Opioid Response Network, National Institute of Health (NIH) HEALing Communities Study - Massachusetts (HCS-MA), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Accreditation information

Boston Medical Center grants 1.0 contact hour to all nurses who attend this course and complete the evaluations. Boston Medical Center is approved as a provider of continuing nursing professional development by American Nurses Association, Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Boston University School of Social Work which is authorized through the MA state board of Social Work to provide 1.00 CE Credit Hours.

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Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is a program of Boston Medical Center (BMC), a 514-bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End and the largest safety-net hospital in New England.

Funding for Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is provided by:

Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS)
GE Foundation
Opioid Response Network

The content on this site and the content presented by Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is intended solely to inform and educate healthcare and social service professionals, and shall not be used for medical advice and is not a substitute for the advice or treatment of a qualified medical professional. The hospital, the program, and the contributors are not acting as health care providers or professional consultants on behalf of any specific patient and disclaim establishing a provider-patient relationship with any specific patient.


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