Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Part 2 Course

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Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Many patients are affected by substance use, yet it often remains an under-identified factor in their overall health. Healthcare providers are uniquely positioned to identify risky substance use early, initiate nonjudgmental conversations and connect patients to appropriate support. This presentation will provide practical strategies for engaging patients in open, respectful dialogue about their substance use using evidence-based tools like SBIRT. Attendees will learn how to normalize conversations, reduce stigma and integrate substance use discussions into routine care to improve outcomes and build stronger therapeutic relationships.

Hospital and clinic providers, hospital or clinic nursing and care coordination staff, Pharmacists, emergency department staff and any interested employee

Describe the spirit of MI and how it applies to clinical encounters.
Discuss how to utilize empathetic listening and affirmations to build rapport and understand patients' perspectives on health behavior changes.
Explain strategies to develop discrepancy by guiding patients to articulate the gap between their current behaviors (e.g., substance use) and their personal health goals for recovery.
Describe how to support patient self-efficacy by collaboratively identifying and reinforcing their strengths and past successes, enabling them to set achievable goals for behavior modification.

Rachael Duncan

Rachael Duncan, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, is a Colorado-based clinical pharmacist board-certified in pharmacotherapy and critical care pharmacy. She has spent the past decade focused on policy, advocacy, and educational work surrounding opioid stewardship and addiction treatment at both the state and national level. Rachael is the Chief Clinical Officer of Epifluence, where she is Program Director of the Maternal Overdose Matters (MOMs+) Initiative and Associate Director of The Naloxone Project (TNP). She leads several educational and quality improvement initiatives focused on helping hospitals and health systems build addiction treatment infrastructure, with a special focus on rural and frontier communities. She is the author and editor of multiple state- and nation-wide guidelines around opioid stewardship, alternatives to opioids (ALTO) for pain management, and MOUD for addiction treatment, championed ALTO and MOUD across Colorado EDs with the Colorado Hospital Association, and published the first peer-reviewed paper on ALTOs in the ED. Rachael’s clinical experience is in ED and hospital pharmacy.

No CME is available with this course.

This material was prepared by Compass Healthcare Collaborative (Compass)

Fees are charged solely for individuals seeking Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. All educational materials are provided at no cost and are freely accessible regardless of CME participation. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS). Compass is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.