Resources for Opioids/Addiction and Pain

These resources were compiled by Dr. Peter Butt on Opioid, Addiction and Chronic Pain:  

  1. 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

  1. MetaPhi (attached) and the CAMH tool kit are good Family Medicine practice tools. 

www.porticonetwork.ca

  1. 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

http://www.bccsu.ca/online-addiction-medicine-diploma-coming-soon/?highlight=about-the-online-addiction-medicine-diploma

BC Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program (POATSP)

  1. 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/

  1. The CFPC has an open access site for alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral.  It has not integrated anti-craving medication however, which would greatly increase the efficacy of Family Medicine care and support.  That is covered in Meta Phi

http://www.sbir-diba.ca/

  1. 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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