About Course

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course, the participants would be able to:

  1. Explain a basic approach to history taking and screening of substance use disorders in a Primary Care setting. 
  2. Provide a review of approaches towards diagnosing the different substance use disorders. 
  3. Review approaches to evaluating and treating common presentations of substance use disorders in primary care settings.

 Mode of Delivery: Self-Paced Course

Target Audience: 

Primary: Primary care and specialty physicians – General Practitioners, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and related mental health practitioners currently working with patients suffering from substance use disorders.

Secondary: Residents, Fellows and Medical Students

Course Modules:

  • History taking and screening
  • Vaping Clinical Implications
  • Nicotine Use Disorder Prevalence
  • Stimulant use disorder
  • Harm Reduction Approach to Opioid Use Disorder
  • Alcohol Use Disorder
  • CBT Stages of change and psychotherapies for substance use disorders & Cases
  • Cannabis use disorder

Course Director: 

Dr Nauman Ashraf
Program Director, General Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Fellowship Programs
Professor of Psychiatry, KCU-GME Consortium/Ozark Center

 

Course curriculum

    1. Course Introduction

    1. History Taking and Screening

    1. Nicotine Use Disorder Prevalence

    1. Vaping: Clinical Implications

    1. Harm Reduction Approach to Opioid Use Disorder

    1. Alcohol Use Disorder

About this course

  • $20.00
  • 20 lessons

Course Director

Course Director Nauman Ashraf, MD

Program Director, General Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Fellowship Programs Professor of Psychiatry, KCU-GME Consortium/Ozark Center

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