This Training will prepare you to confidently:
- Identify patients with or at risk for opioid use,
- Refer select patients for counseling services, and
- Manage these patients' dental care without contributing to their substance use disorder.
Unfortunately, dentists have contributed to the national opioid abuse epidemic.* We can now contribute to ending this scourge by learning more about how to handle this problem at the chair.
* In 2016, the proportion of dental prescriptions that were opioids were 37 times greater in the US than in England. (Suda KJ et al, JAMA Network Open 2019. DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.4303)
The video embded here may be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BTlhB0M67M
Burton Edelstein DDS MPH
Burton Edelstein DDS MPH, is professor of Dental Medicine and Health Policy & Management at Columbia University where he chairs the Section of Population Oral Health. He is also senior fellow in Public Policy and president emeritus of the DC-based Children’s Dental Health Project, a nonprofit policy organization that advances the oral health interests of children and their families
Path to Understanding
Each module provides a real-world case study that features engaging videos, which allows you to measure both your current and new understanding.
Step 1:Read
A short but real-world situation of a patient at risk for opioid addiction provides the first step.
Step 2:Assess
Reflect upon your own understanding regarding the situation at hand with a pre-assessment.
Step 3:View
Video interviews with experts provide a deeper dive with answers into how to handle the situation.
Step 4:Reassess
With this new information, reflect once again upon your current understanding with a post-assessment.
Step 5:Review
Cumulative reports provide overviews of your expertise for each specific domain and the entire training.
Real-World Advice
With support from the federal Bureau of Health Workforce (Grant D88HP20109), this training brings you clinically relevant advice and guidance from three experts. By watching their on-camera interviews and completing the training, we believe that you will enhance your capacity to care for patients affected by substance use disorders.
Aimee Chiligiris PsyD
Aimee is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of substance use disorders. Her distinguished training includes a doctorate from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and postdoctoral training at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
The video embded here may be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APMb6DX7NW8Aimee Chiligiris PsyD
Kareem Merrick DDS
Kareem is clinician who directs Dental Services for Brightpoint Health's 23 sites across New York City. He has over 10 years' experience providing dental care for the most vulnerable, marginalized, and challenging patients.
The video embded here may be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdcs4tNg9ZwKareem Merrick DDS
Marc Schlenoff DDS
Marc directs the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine's Advanced Education in General Dentistry Pro=gram. Reflecting his skill as a teacher, Marc was recognized as "Attending Dentist of the Year" at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center.
The video embded here may be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi1XPFoMuUsMarc Schlenoff DDS
Domains of Expertise
Expertise within these three domains of knowledge will help your patients who are at risk for opioid addiction.
Identify
Learn how to identify and take charge of your patients with, or at risk for, substance use disorders through the use of screening techniques and special tools.
Enter DomainRefer
Gain a deeper understanding of how opioid treatment works and how to refer your patients to other opioid service partners and community resources.
Enter DomainManage
Learn how to responsibly manage the clinical care of patients with substance use disorders though the consideration of patient drug history and the expansion of pain armamentarium.