Improving Healthcare Professionals’ Access to Addiction Medicine Education Through VHA Addiction Scholars Program

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Authors

Zahir Basrai · Veterans Health Administration

Manuel Celedon · VA Rocky Mountain Network

Nathalie Dieujuste · Coney Island Hospital

Julianne Himstreet

J Hoffman · VA Rocky Mountain Network

Cassidy Pfaff · United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Jonie J. Hsiao · Veterans Health Administration

Abstract

The ASP provided healthcare professionals with insight into managing SUD and equipped them with practical clinical skills. The students translated the information from the course to develop medication for opioid use disorder (M-OUD) programs at their home institutions.

Topics & Keywords

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Pain Management and Opioid Use

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume 25, Issue 4, pp. 465-469

DOI: 10.5811/westjem.17850

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