The Addiction Training for Health Professionals program offers training directly and with our institutional partners, teaching physicians and other providers in training and practice how to assess, treat, and refer patients with substance use disorders. Objectives for health professional training include:
- Increasing the number of health professionals specializing in addiction medicine.
- Maximizing the number of physicians and other providers in all settings who are trained to competently and compassionately assess, prevent, and treat addictive diseases.
- Reducing stigma related to substance use disorders so that healthcare providers are more willing and better able to assess, prevent, and treat addictive diseases.
- Help physicians and other healthcare providers understand that their personal substance use habits influence their patient care and the likelihood of assessing, preventing, and treating those with substance use disorders, and cause them to resultantly improve their personal and clinical substance-related practices.
We also support addiction education by providing materials for free that can be used by:
- Addiction Medicine fellowship programs or by physicians pursuing the practice pathway to sub-specializing in Addiction Medicine.
- Residency programs that lead to addiction specialization, including psychiatric and preventive medicine residencies.
- Medical school (and other health provider training programs’) rotations and electives in primary care or psychiatry.
- Public health programs, since these materials are also part of the preventive medicine residency for physicians, and a public health lens is essential to effectively and efficiently prevent and treat substance use disorders.
- A concentration for the Masters in Public Health in addiction medicine and mental health
- Continuing professional development for practicing health professionals.