Addiction

Get An Update on Chronic Pain and Addiction on CME Webcast

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Get An Update on Chronic Pain and Addiction on CME Webcast. For this topic, we’re excited to have back on the program one of Ohio State University’s Addiction Medicine experts. We’re pleased to introduce Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Dr. Trent Hall. Trent has served as the clinical lead for inpatient addiction medicine consult services at Ohio State University East Hospital and is a clinician researcher with expertise on the intersection of chronic pain and addiction.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Define pain and addiction
  • Discuss the pain / addiction connection
  • Describe the basics of evaluation and management

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Central Sensitization
  • Low Dose Naltrexone

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Addiction, Stigma, & Person-First Language

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn About Addiction, Stigma, & Person-First Language. Here at Ohio State University, we are fortunate to have several addiction experts to share their extensive knowledge on the subject. We have two of them here today, to discuss the important topic of Addiction, stigma, and person-first language. Dr. Julie Teater is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry specializing in Addiction Medicine. She also started and runs the first Addiction Medicine fellowship in Ohio and serves as the medical director of Talbot Hall- Ohio State University’s drug and alcohol treatment center. And We have Dr. Orman Trent Hall who is an Assistant professor of Psychiatry, also specializing in addiction medicine. Trent has served as the clinical lead for inpatient addiction medicine consult services at Ohio State University East Hospital and is a clinician researcher studying the relationship between chronic pain & addiction, addiction stigma, and epidemiology of overdose.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Describe the basic neurobiology of addiction
  • Identify addiction stigma and person-first language
  • Identify ways stigma can harm patients with addictive disorders.
  • Develop strategies for improving patient care by reducing stigma.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Stigma Research
  • Stigmatizing Language
  • Mistreatment

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.