This session explores the diverse forms of societal prejudices encountered by individuals managing substance use disorders, alongside effective methods for initiating empathetic and tailored discussions within primary healthcare settings. Additionally, it scrutinizes the legal frameworks and regulatory mandates that enable the provision of substance use disorder care in primary care, along with strategies to bridge knowledge disparities among healthcare providers.

Learning Objectives

• Define and discuss the different types of stigmas as they relate to patients with substance use disorders.
• Discuss how to initiate safe conversations with patients in a manner that communicates an understanding of their substance use disorder and health needs is a compassionate, empathic, and individualized approach for each patient, and is appropriate for primary care.
• Review laws and regulations that make SUD care possible in primary care and how to close educational gaps for providers.

Presenters
Angela Colistra, PhD, LPC, CAADC, CCS
Andrea Ward, DO

Disclosure Information
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ACOFP requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company. ACOFP reviews the disclosed relationship and mitigates all relevant financial relationships to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all their educational programs.

All individuals in control of the content of this activity have no relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation and Credit Statements
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

ACOFP designates this program for a maximum number of 1.0 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

Disclaimer
This program is provided by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Participants engaging in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

Questions
To submit questions to the presenter(s) please send them to elearning@acofp.org and include the conference and course title so we can direct them correctly.

Sign in to see member pricing.