Category: Training

Empowering communities to fight the opioid epidemic

By Jaime Meyers University of Michigan School of Nursing (This story was featured in the Summer 2018 issue of Panacea, the U-M School of Nursing magazine) THE SHELTER Lea Allen and Pam Gesund were in the last few hours of an overnight shift at the Delo …

Webinar: Assessing and Addressing Opioid Use Disorder.

Webinar: Assessing and Addressing Opioid Use Disorder. The fifth module from the Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids series covers the diagnosis and treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). Apply the OUD diagnostic criteria and patient comm …

IHPI Research Seminar Series: “Development of the System for Opioid Overdose Surveillance (S.O.S.)”

Thu, June 14, 2018 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Speakers: Mahshid Abir, M.D., M.Sc. Director, Acute Care Research Unit (ACRU) Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine Location: North Campus Research Complex (NCRC) Building 10, Research Auditorium Event Con …

The Opioid Epidemic and Guidelines for Safer Prescribing Practices

One Hour Live Webinar on June 26, 2018 Start Time: 1:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. CT Continuing Education Information Presented by Patrick Carter, MD University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center, U-M Department of Emergency Medicine Quyen Ngo, Ph. …

Teach Out Series: Solving the Opioid Crisis

The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in US history, killing around 64,000 people in 2016 alone. Recently, the growing crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In this Teach-Out, experts from the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public …

Dr. Gina Dahlem Leads Naloxone Training Session for School Nurses

Gina Dahlem, Ph.D., FNP-C, FAANP, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, held a training at the end of February 2018 for school nurses. The training was attended by two dozen school nurse from Washtenaw County, …