90 Minute Workshop

Educational Programs, Workshops, Seminars, New Idea Session, and Small Group Discussions

CD-004 - Vision 2030: Addressing the Opioid Crisis in the Dental Curriculum Today

Presenter(s)

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  Ezinne Ogbureke, B.D.S., D.M.D.

  University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston
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  Raymond Dionne, Ph.D., M.S., D.D.S., B.A.

  East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine
• RD

  Richard D'Innocenzo, D.M.D., M.D.

  Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
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  Lisa Bilich, RDH, M.Ed., CHSE

  Eastern Washington University

Target Audience: Faculty

Learning Focus: Curriculum Development

Dental Education: General Dentistry  

Section/SIG: Academic Affairs, Behavioral Sciences, Community and Preventive Dentistry, Dental Hygiene Education, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Hospital Administration, Oral Diagnosis and Oral Medicine, Periodontics, Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Tobacco Dependence Education

The Centers for Disease Control reports that prescription opioids killed 15,000 Americans in 2015. For some, opioid addiction or relapse is triggered by a dental visit, so dental education must address this crisis. You will learn about one school's approach to education of students in opioid misuse, the role of the dental professions in causing and preventing addiction or relapses, and successful programs currently being implemented for prescribers and non-prescribers. You will explore and discuss possible types of competency assessments, including interprofessional models. You will have opportunities for active interaction alternating with periods of content delivery throughout the seminar. 

Learning Objectives:

• Develop an approach for an educational program on opioids including competency assessment based on one school's approach.
  
• List alternative pain control strategies that can be used to avoid the use of opioid analgesics while achieving superior pain control.
• Outline the steps to implementing a sustainable program for their school geared towards patients in recovery.