Medication Assisted Treatment
For Opioid Use Disorder with Dr. Bruce Springer
Introduction to Medication Assisted Treatment
Health care providers, therapists and administrators will learn what Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is and why it is so effective. MAT provides a sustainable whole-person approach to recovery from opioids and has been shown to increase patient survival and treatment retention rates. Health care providers will learn the next training steps to become MAT providers.
Medication Assisted Treatment with Dr. Bruce Springer
Located in the Jackson Henry Ford Allegiance Health Auditoriums, Charles Anderson Building.
Free catered lunch beginning at 11:00 am. There is no cost to attend but registration is required through the hospital. See below for registration details. Full attendance is required for provider CMEs and MCBAP or social worker CEUs.
Henry Ford Allegiance Health is accredited by the Michigan State Medical Society Committee on CME Accreditation to provide continuing medical education to physicians. Henry Ford Allegiance Health has requested that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education approve this program for 1.5 credit(s) of AOA Category 1-A credits. Approval is pending. Henry Ford Allegiance Health designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Thursday, Jun 14, 2018, 11:30 AM
Henry Ford Allegiance Health, North East Avenue, Jackson, MI, USA
11:00 am: Registration and Lunch Begin
11:30 am: Introduction to the Opioid Epidemic in Michigan
12:00 pm: Science of Addiction
12:15 pm: Medication Assisted Treatment Explained and How to Connect People with MAT
12:45 pm: How to Become a MAT Provider (if desired) and How to Refer to Local MAT Providers
12:55 pm: Evaluations
Registration Required
- Henry Ford Allegiance Physicians, APPs, RNs and other Henry Ford Allegiance Staff Members – please register in NetLearning, search using “CME.” See link below.
- All others: Please contact Deb Belden at (517) 205-6903 or dbelden2@hfhs.org to register and indicate whether you need Social Work or MCBAP CEUS. Please provide social work license number when registering.
Email: dbelden2@hfhs.org
Website: https://www.allegiancehealth.org/search/locations/netlearning
Phone: 517-205-6903