A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
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Topic: Recovery Coach Drop-in Forum
A drop-in session for recovery coaches to discuss coaching and other topics related to substance use, recovery and coaching.
Virtual event
Recovery coaches, navigators, and peer support specialists that provide direct support to recoverees/patients in the field of addiction.
Topic: Family & Social Supports
This training will highlight the importance of family and social support for people with SUD. The importance of evidence-based resources for families will be explained, and concrete and simple changes to current models of addiction treatment to engage the family will be introduced.
Virtual event
All medical and non-medical staff seeking to learn about the role of the family in addiction treatment are encouraged to attend.
Topic: Alcohol
This training will describe alcohol withdrawal syndrome, with attention to alcohol hallucinosis and its distinction from delirium tremens. Risk factors for severe alcohol withdrawal will be reviewed, as well as assessment and medications to treat severe withdrawal, with a focus on the inpatient setting.
Virtual event
Providers, nurses, counselors, and other non-clinical staff are welcome to attend.
Topic: Chat Live
A drop-in session, open to individuals working in the field of addiction. Includes discussion of an evidence-based article with implications for SUD practice.
Virtual event
Individuals working in the field of addiction medicine.
Topic: CARN and CARN-AP
This course reviews topics covered in the certification exam for addictions nursing and is intended to support nurses preparing to sit for the CARN or CARN-AP exam.
Virtual event
Registered Nurses (RNs) and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), with experience treating patients with addiction, who intend to sit for the CARN or CARN-AP exam.
Topic: Recovery Coach Drop-in Forum
A drop-in session for recovery coaches to discuss coaching and other topics related to substance use, recovery and coaching.
Virtual event
Recovery coaches, navigators, and peer support specialists that provide direct support to recoverees/patients in the field of addiction.
Topic: Stimulants
This three-hour course is intended to provide foundational knowledge of stimulant use disorders as well as an overview of evidence-based interventions.
Virtual event
Physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, recovery coaches, counselors, and all other healthcare professionals treating addiction are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Topic: Xylazine
This training will provide knowledge regarding Xylazine, a CNS depressant, which has been linked to an increasing number of overdose deaths in the US.
Virtual event
Providers, nurses, counselors, and other non-clinical staff are welcome to attend.
Topic: CARN and CARN-AP
This course reviews topics covered in the certification exam for addictions nursing and is intended to support nurses preparing to sit for the CARN or CARN-AP exam.
Virtual event
Registered Nurses (RNs) and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), with experience treating patients with addiction, who intend to sit for the CARN or CARN-AP exam.
Topic: Recovery Coach Drop-in Forum
A drop-in session for recovery coaches to discuss coaching and other topics related to substance use, recovery and coaching.
Virtual event
Recovery coaches, navigators, and peer support specialists that provide direct support to recoverees/patients in the field of addiction.
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.
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