[VDH.VermontPrevention] Invitation: Brief Emergency Medicine Interventions to Prevent Opioid Overdoses

[JoEllen Tarallo]

Dear Colleagues,
Please forward this information to Department of Corrections personnel from
parole and probation, Emergency Department personnel, and Emergency Medical
Services staff and volunteers in your networks.

Join us for this training "Brief Emergency Medicine Interventions to
Prevent Opioid Overdoses
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-brief-interventions-to-prevent-opioid-overdoses-tickets-133223355643>
" facilitates Emergency Medicine associates to have needed and critical
conversations with people who are at risk related to opioid use. Evaluations
of this training have been outstanding.
The training is funded by the Vermont Department of Health and coordinated
by the Center for Health and Learning,

More information and to register here
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and below.

This training was specifically tailored to introduce or refresh emergency
medicine professional's SBIRT skills.

*Effects of opioid use have far-reaching implications for the individual,
family, workplace, community, **and the **health care system.*
The training will introduce or refresh participants’ SBIRT skills
(Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment). It will also
provide an overview of motivational interviewing techniques, teach about
their use with people who cope with Opioid Use Disorder, and give
opportunities to "rehearse" those techniques, considering a variety of
scenarios that might be faced by EMS and Emergency Department staff and
parole officers.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this training participants will:

   1. Have increased confidence and ability to deal with opioid use
   disorder in a compassionate way
   2. Be able to differentiate between advice giving and motivational
   interviewing in the context of addiction
   3. Be able to recognize, intervene and refer to treatment those
   suffering and in need

Who Should Attend?
This training is designed for:

   - Emergency Medicine professionals including EMS and other First
   Responders
   - Medical Doctors
   - Physician Assistants
   - Nurse Practitioners


   - Health Care Practice Managers and Directors
   - Registered Nurses
   - Social Workers
   - Psychologists
   - Parole Officers

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Choice of 4 Online Training Dates:


*March 30 2021 • April 6 2021 • April 9 2021 • May 7 2021 9:00 am - 12:00
pm*
The Trainers:

   - Alan Rubin, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at
   the Larner UVM College of Medicine and is a Director of their Doctoring
   Skills Program and Graduate Program Director of Clinical and Translational
   Science.
   - Richard Pinckney, MD, MPH is an internist and Associate Professor at
   the University of Vermont where he directs the Internal Medicine Resident
   Clinic. He is interested in the intersection between mental health and
   primary care, and loves to teach about compassion, mindfulness,
   motivational interviewing, and evidence-based medicine.
   - Deborah Wachtel, DNP, MPH, APRN is an Assistant Professor at the
   University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Deborah has
   extensive experience working with people who are in treatment for opioid
   use disorder.

There is no Cost to Attend

These trainings are provided through a grant from the Vermont Department of
Health, Division of Alcohol & Drug Abuse Programs.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER

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