Date: August 17, 2021		Format: Webinar		Contact Hours: 1.75 NAADAC*
Time: 1:00 PM—3:00 PM ET		Cost: FREE

COURSE DESCRIPTION

By adopting a new approach, clinicians can greatly improve how they engage with these patients. This presentation will improve providers' ability to engage and build rapport by challenging assumptions that lead to stigma, applying principles of harm reduction, and performing a four-step brief intervention model that enhances the motivation of patients to decrease their risk of illness and death. As a result, clinicians who once considered these patient visits "difficult" can begin to perceive them as valuable opportunities to help patients adopt safer behaviors and forge their pathway to recovery.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Describe the role of stigma towards patients with unhealthy substance use
• List the basic principles of a Harm Reduction approach to patient care
• Perform a four-step brief intervention in less than five minutes
• Use telehealth platform functions to effectively engage patients

PRESENTER

Jim Winkle, MPH has trained hundreds of providers and clinical team members how to address substance use with primary care and emergency medicine patients. As the creator of the SBIRT Oregon website, Jim has designed screening forms, clinic tools and training videos used by health professionals across the country. Jim currently works as a consultant, delivering training and technical assistance to medical systems, universities, and professional organizations.

*CONTACT HOUR ELIGIBILITY

In order to be eligible for the 1.75 NAADAC contact hours/certificate of attendance, you must join the live webinar in the Adobe Connect Room.

Certificates must be requested within one week of the event and will be processed within 30 days.

If you are having issues accessing the room/application at the time of the event: Please email [email protected] at the start of the webinar so that we can assist you.