Trainings and Webinars

Education and training

Live and on-demand educational sessions for clinicians working with people who use drugs. All education and training opportunities listed are free of charge.

Upcoming webinars

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Inequities in Substance Use Treatment

DATE: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm December 5th, 2024

Dr. Michelle P. Durham provides an in-depth analysis of the systemic inequities that Black individuals face in accessing and receiving substance use treatment. CE credits available.

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Perinatal Substance Use

DATE: 9:00 am - 10:00 am, December 17th, 2024

Sharon Ostfeld-Johns, MD, IBCLC, presents as a guest speaker for the Yale Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds. AM Grand Rounds provide a venue for discussion and interaction among students, residents, fellows, as well as junior and senior faculty at Yale and beyond.

Upcoming learning series

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Foundations of Substance Use Disorder Care II

DATE: Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., January 8 - March 19, 2025

This ECHO helps clinicians and their teams practicing in primary care clinics and other settings to identify and treat substance use disorders (SUD). This series introduces a systems perspective to providing SUD care and buprenorphine prescribing.

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Substance Use Disorders in Emergency Departments

DATE: Thursdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., February 11 - May 6, 2025

This ECHO program seeks to improve services provided to people with substance use disorder accessing emergency departments for care. Throughout ECHO, we address clinical care, patient and provider experience, and stigma towards people who use drugs.

Recorded trainings

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UW PCL Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Part 3…

Dr. Buchholz, MD applies knowledge learned in parts 1 and 2 to clinical cases, highlighting key clinical considerations for initiation of MOUD.

UW PCL Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Part 2…

Dr. Buchholz, MD takes us through FDA approved medications for opioid use disorder, including multiple strategies for initiating buprenorphine in various treatment settings and clinical scenarios.

UW PCL Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Part 1…

Dr. Buchholz, MD reviews current Washington State overdose data, highlighting the prominence of fentanyl as a leading cause of death, a more detailed description of opioid neurobiology, and assessment strategies for OUD. 

Opioid Use Disorder: A Treatable Medical Condition

Guest lecturer Dr. Alexis LaPietra, DO, FACEP lays out the science behind treating OUD as you would any other medical condition.

Opioid Use Disorder in Adolescents

Guest lecturer Dr. Chris Buresh, MD, MPH discusses how to initiate MOUD with adolescent patients.