Implement evidence-based screening, assessment, and treatment planning for opioid use disorder in medical settings.
- Credit Hours: 3 Hours
- Author: John Tinsley
- Price: $39.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify validated screening tools for detecting alcohol, tobacco, and opioid misuse in general medical settings.
- Apply diagnostic criteria to determine if a patient's substance use meets the threshold for opioid use disorder.
- Describe the essential components of a comprehensive OUD assessment, including medical, social, and family histories.
- Interpret laboratory test results relevant to treatment planning for patients with opioid use disorder.
- Develop appropriate treatment plans or referral strategies for patients identified with opioid use disorder.
- Distinguish between substance misuse and substance use disorder using DSM-5 criteria.
Package Contents
Course Details
Course Description: Addressing Opioid Use Disorder in General Medical Settings covers how primary care clinicians can identify, screen for, and respond to OUD in their practice, including the use of screening tools for alcohol, tobacco, and other substance misuse. It walks healthcare and treatment professionals through validated symptom surveys and diagnostic criteria tools, as well as assessment components such as medical, social, substance use disorder, and family histories. The course also addresses the role of laboratory testing in treatment planning and provides guidance on developing treatment plans or referral strategies for patients.
Date: Ongoing
Distance Learning Method: Asynchronous Reading
Target Audience: Social Workers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Criminal Justice Professionals
Refund Policy: If you request a refund within 30 days of placing your order (and prior to submitting any exams / completing any courses) we will gladly issue a refund of your money, less the processing fee and handling charge.
Course Interactivity: None
Posttest Requirements: Must score 80% or better to pass. Tests can be taken multiple times to obtain passing score.
Course Completion Requirements: Passing score on posttest. Submission of course evaluation. Course date of completion is recorded at this point.
Certificate of Completion: Issued when course is completed, available for download in Student Center
System Requirements: Internet access
About the Instructor
John Tinsley
Dr. John H. Tinsley is a former assistant professor of Medical Physiology at the Texas A&M University System College of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; M.S. from the University of North Carolina; and his B.S. from the University of Oklahoma.
He has been teaching, training, consulting and conducting research in the fields of Medical Physiology and Behavioral Biology for over twenty-nine years. Dr. Tinsley has authored over twenty-five professional and refereed articles, including invited reviews. He has been a member of the American Society for Physiology, and work done in 2001 led to an international award from The European Society on Microcirculation. Dr. Tinsley has received research funding from the Veteran’s Administration, American Heart Association, and Scott and White Hospital. In addition, he has served on numerous review committees for national grant-funding agencies and scientific journals.
Approved and Widely Recognized
CEU Matrix is approved by the following national and state accreditation boards:
CEU Matrix is approved with the following state boards:
Arkansas (ASACB), California (CCAPP #OS-07-394-0222), California (CADTP #250), Connecticut (#0115-5202), Delaware (DCB #37), Florida (FCB #5141-A), Georgia (ADACBGA #2026-4-003), Illinois (IAODAPCA #19345), Kentucky, Louisiana (LA ADRA #E026), Michigan (MCBAP), Missouri (Missouri CB #183), New Mexico (NMCBBHP #2046), North Carolina (NCSAPPB), Ohio (OCDP #50-19236), Oklahoma (OBLADS #20260153), Texas (TCB #1758-07)