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

A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals

Transgender Responsive Care for Opioid Treatment

May 11, 2021
1:00 pm–2:30 pm ET

This 1.5 hour session, titled “Transgender Responsive Care for Opioid Treatment” will be a presentation on treating patients who identify as transgender or non-binary in the OTP setting.

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Virtual meeting

Via Zoom

Description

OBAT TTA+ and Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. are partnering to provide a series on addiction treatment in the Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) setting. This series will have six sessions covering a variety of topics that are offered twice.

This 1.5 hour session, titled “Transgender Responsive Care for Opioid Treatment” will be a presentation on treating patients who identify as transgender or non-binary in the OTP setting.

This training will be held via Zoom. We would prefer that you log in using a computer with a web cam so that we can all connect to each other via video. Please note that signing on with video is required to receive CEs. If you do not have access to a web cam, please let us know. 

Intended audience

OTP and OBAT staff providing treatment for substance use disorders in Massachusetts

Speakers

Pamela Klein, RN, MSN, ACRN Annie Potter, MSN, MPH, NP, CARN-AP

Objectives

• Participants will recall gender terminology.

• Participants will summarize the prevalence of substance use disorders among transgender individuals.

• Participants will identify barriers of health care access for transgender individuals

• Participants will describe ways to create welcoming clinical environments for transgender individuals

Sponsored by

Bureau of Substance Addiction Services

Accreditation information

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Boston Medical Center grants 1.50 hours to all nurses who attend and complete the evaluation. Boston Medical Center is approved as a provider of continuing 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 1.50 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

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