Disclosure Statement and Acknowledgements

Target Audience: All practicing healthcare professionals and trainees

Learning Objectives:

Module 1: Changing Perceptions and Language to Improve Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

1.1: Explain how stigma may contribute to decreased access to evidence-based care.
1.2: Compare perceptions and approaches to OUD to other chronic medical conditions.
1.3: Demonstrate how OUD-related stigma differs across diverse patient populations.
1.4: Identify and replace stigmatizing language used in relation to patients with OUD.

Module 2 Changing Behaviors to Save Lives for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

2.1: Recognize one’s own biases, including implicit biases, and employ strategies to mitigate bias.
2.2: Develop improved communication skills, including motivational interviewing, for interacting with patients with OUD.
2.3: Demonstrate the importance of access to naloxone and medications for the treatment of OUD.

CME Accreditation Information: 

Speaker’s Disclosures: Chris Moriates, MD; Richard Bottner, PA-C; Kristin Escamilla, MD, and  Sussann Kotara, MD did not report relevant financial relationships or disclose conflicts of interest relating to the educational content of this presentation.

Planners’ Disclosures: The ReSET (Reducing Stigma Educational Tools) for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder planning committee members Chris Moriates, MD; Richard Bottner, PA-C; Kristin Escamilla, MD, and  Sussann Kotara, MD; Clarissa Johnston, MD; Victoria Valencia, MPH, Amber Baysinger, MD, PHD; and Alanna Boulton MSHS. The members of the planning committee have no financial conflicts of interest to disclose relating to the educational content of this series.

Reviewer’s Disclosure: The ReSET (Reducing Stigma Educational Tools) for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder reviewers are Robert Ashford, MSW; Honora Englander, MD; Deborah Finnell, DNS,CARN-AP,FAAN; Lori Holleran Steiker, PhD, CSW; William Kinkle, RN,EMT-P,CRS; Jennifer Potter, PhD, MPH; and Kelsey Priest, PhD, MPH. William Kinkle, RN,EMT-P,CRS reported the following relevant financial relationship: Honorarium from Emergent BioSolutions. The other reviewers have no financial conflicts of interest to disclose relating to the educational content of these modules

The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation.

This course has been designated by The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School for 1.50 credit(s) of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility

Date of Original Release: July 27, 2020

Content Review Completed: July 27, 2023

Credit Expiration Date: July 27, 2025

In order to claim CME credit you must complete both Module 1 and Module 2

CNE Accreditation Information:

CNE Disclosure to Participants

Accreditation Statement: University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Requirements for Successful Completion: To receive contact hours for this continuing education activity, the participant must sign in, complete the entire module, and complete and submit the evaluation form. Once successful completion has been verified, a “Certificate of Successful Completion” will be awarded for 1.25 contact hours.

Conflicts of Interest: The activity’s Nurse Planner has determined that no one who has the ability to control the content of this CNE activity – planning committee members and presenters/authors/content reviewers – has a conflict of interest.

Joint Provider Statement: This CNE activity has been jointly provided by University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing collaboratively with Dell Medical School CME Department.

This activity expires July 27, 2025.