Project ECHO NL: Opioid Use Disorder (Cycle 1)

Opioid Use Disorder and the Incarcerated Patient

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the potential harms of incarceration for patients with opioid use disorder who are not on opioid agonist treatment.
• Describe the current context for providing opioid agonist treatment to incarcerated patients in Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Recognize the complexity of providing opioid agonist treatment in the prison setting.
• Describe the challenges to continued care for patients transitioning back into the community.

Speaker

Heather Williams, BN RN
Her Majesty’s Penitentiary Medical Unit
St. John’s

Direct questions about Project ECHO NL: Opioid Use Disorder to:
Kate Lambert
Knowledge Exchange Facilitator
Provincial Opioid Dependence Treatment Centre of Excellence
Eastern Health

Kate.Lambert@easternhealth.ca

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter for up to 11 Mainpro+® credits.

Project ECHO NL: Opioid Use Disorder is funded through the Provincial Opioid Dependence Treatment Centre of Excellence (Eastern Health).