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.

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What 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 Case

Continuing 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.

Successful completion of this activity, which includes participating in the educational offering, participating in the evaluation process and completing the verification of attendance, enables the learner to satisfy the requirements for continuing education.

The University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine, University of Missouri designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Missouri Continuing Education for Health Professions (CEHP) is part of an accredited university in the state of Missouri. As such, this program meets the requirements for Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers with Missouri licenses. CEHP attests that this program contains 1.25 clock hours of instructional time. Licensed professionals measuring CE credit based on a 50-minute hour may claim up to 1.5 Contact Hours for full attendance at this program.