Resources for Opioids/Addiction and Pain
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- This AFMC e-primer was developed for UGME but has good basic content and a number of case vignettes and studies that may be useful at the PG level.
https://afmc.ca/medical-education/addiction-e-learning
MetaPhi (attached) and the CAMH tool kit are good Family Medicine practice tools.
- Both BC and Alberta have archived their Opioid Agonist Therapy training on-line and expanded the content to cover addiction more broadly.
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page16083.aspx
BC Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program (POATSP)
- This is the online course recommended by the CPSS for buprenorphine/naloxone prescribing. This plus a full day of Addiction Medicine exposure is all that is required for prescribing.
https://www.suboxonetrainingprogram.ca/en/
- The CFPC has an
open access site for alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral. It has not integrated anti-craving medicationhowever , which would greatly increase the efficacy of Family Medicine care and support. That is covered in Meta Phi
- The Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, American Society of Addiction Medicine and
US National Institute on Drug Abuse are all good resources.
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