Opioid Use Disorder Specialist Support for Primary Care
Get substance use specialist knowledge in a virtual learning network with experts from across the state.
How does this ECHO work?
Together with a team of experts and specialists, participants will:
- Decrease opioid-related morbidity and mortality rates by using a medication-first strategy
- Teach evidence-based principles for harm reduction, recovery and support strategies to supplement effective treatment
- Improve compassionate, patient-centered care for individuals with opioid use disorder
Opioid Use Disorder ECHO empowers and supports primary care professionals to more effectively and confidently treat patients suffering from opioid use disorder. The Opioid Use Disorder ECHO integrates medical, pharmacological, and psychological considerations into patient care.
This ECHO meets every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
RegisterWhat does this ECHO offer?
- FREE continuing education to qualifying professionals
- Ongoing learning and collaboration with experts and specialists from across the state
- NO COST for participating sites and individuals
Topics for Learning and Discussion:
- Medication First Model
- Establishing Rapport
- Home Induction and Stabilizing Dose
- Using Naltrexone in OUD
- Naloxone
- Management of Acute Pain in Patients treated with Buprenorphine
- Treatment of OUD During Pregnancy and Peripartum Period
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- Treating Hep C in Patients with OUD
- Utilizing Urine Toxicology
- Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder
- Benzodiazepines in Patients with OUD
- Suicide in Patients with OUD
- Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety and Depression in Patients with OUD
- Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
Meet the Hub Team
Doug Burgess, MD
Facilitator/ Addiction Psychiatrist
University Health Physicians
Jacquetha Decker, CPS
Certified Peer Specialist
Central Ozark Medical Center
Percy Menzies, Mpharm
Addiction Pharmacist
Assisted Recovery Centers of America
Drew Shoemaker, MD, ABFM
Family Medicine Physician
Burrell Behavioral Health
Eric Shult, PhD
Psychologist
University Health
Dustin Smith, MD
Emergency Medicine
Mercy
Angeline Stanislaus, MD
Forensic Psychiatry
Missouri Department of Mental Health
Submit a Case
Are you unsure or concerned about something at your practice? Do you wish you could consult someone about something happening with a particular patient?
Please consider submitting any potential cases! It does not have to be anything exceptionally noteworthy or outstanding. ANYTHING is worth discussing as we learn and grow together. Submit now!
Submit A CaseContinuing Education (CE) Information
To receive CE credit for the ECHO sessions attended you will receive a survey to complete in May and one at the end of October.
This information, as well as the number of ECHO sessions attended, will be sent to the Continuing Education for Health Professions (CEHP) office at the University of Missouri. Once completed, a transcript of your CE credit may be requested by contacting Adam Tipton (tiptonsa@health.missouri.edu) in the CEHP office.