Northern Education Rounds: Evolving opioid safer alternatives

Please join the presentation on evolving opioid safer alternatives with speaker Jennifer Hawkes.

Speaker:

• Jennifer Hawkes

Learning Objectives:

• Review the recent history of the opioid epidemic and toxic drug crisis
• Review highlights of the BCCSU March 2020 "Risk Mitigation Guidelines"
• Review highlights of the BCCSU guidance documents from January 2022 "Practice update on opioid use disorder" and "Interim Clinical Guidance: Risk Mitigation in the Context of Dual Health Emergencies"
• Review highlights of BCCSU December 2022 practice update on interdisciplinary model of opioid agonist treatment
• Review potential potency conversions between safer alternatives and unregulated drugs and some case examples

How to join:

• Zoom link: Open https://ubc.zoom.us/ and click on 'Join a Meeting'.
• Zoom ID: 96999 149265
• Zoom Password: 149265
• Telephone: Dial +1 778 907 2071 and follow the prompts

CME: This group learning program has been certified for up to MainPro+/MOC Section 1 credits: 1.5

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