Addiction Toxicology Case Conference - May 2024
Includes a Live Web Event on 05/03/2024 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
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ACMT/PCORI: Confronting the Overdose Epidemic by Engaging Patients to Improve Medical Toxicology Research
Case 1: Aligning Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine Research from a Patient-Centered Perspective
Case 2: Inclusion of Patient Experts into the Research Process
Learner Objective: Describe the importance of including patient experts into the research process to ultimately improve medical toxicology and addiction medicine research and clinical practice.
About The Series: The ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conference webinar series discusses Addiction/Toxicology cases in an interactive fashion featuring experts from Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, and Medical Toxicology.
This webinar is open to the public.
Continuing Education credits are now available for this activity! Click here for more info.
Timothy Wiegand, MD, DFASAM, FACMT, FAACT (Moderator)
Director of Addiction Medicine and Addiction Medicine Consults
University of Rochester Medical Center
Timothy J. Wiegand, MD, FACMT, FAACT, DFASAM is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester New York. He is Board Certified in Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine and practices in Addiction Toxicology with a mix of clinical, research, teaching, and other professional work. Dr. Wiegand has served two terms on the Board of Directors for the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) and he is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) completing a term on the Executive Counsel as Vice President of ASAM. He begins a two-year term as Treasurer of ASAM in April 2023. Dr. Wiegand founded and led the Toxicology service at URMC until 2022 when he became Director of Addiction Medicine and Director of Addiction Medicine Consults also at URMC in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Wiegand has served as Fellowship Director for the URMC Combined Addiction Medicine Fellowship and he is the Fellowship Director for the URMC Medical Toxicology fellowship expecting to formally begin once accredited, in July of 2023.
Gloria Baciewicz, MD (Moderator)
Addiction Psycharcist
Strong Recovery
Since 1986, Gloria Baciewicz has specialized in the treatment of addiction. Professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, she serves as an addiction psychiatrist at Strong Recovery. Dr. Baciewicz is certified in addiction medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine and board certified in psychiatry, with added qualifications in addiction psychiatry. Dr. Baciewicz is a co-principal investigator for the University of Rochester’s Recovery Center of Excellence.
Rachel Culbreth, PhD, MPH
ToxIC Research Director
American College of Medical Toxicology
Dr. Culbreth joined the Toxicology Investigators Consortium/ACMT in May 2022. She received her PhD and MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from Georgia State University. She was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Respiratory Therapy at Georgia State University from 2019-2022, where she taught undergraduate and graduate-level research methods and clinical supervision for respiratory therapy students. She has conducted multiple research projects on substance use and health disparities through internal and external grants. She’s worked with substance use disorders in both the United States and internationally.
Amber Frazier
Peer Support Coordinator
The Courage Center
Amber Frazier is a Peer Support Coordinator at The Courage Center in Lexington, South Carolina.
William McCauley
Recovery Coach
The Courage Center
William McCauley is a recovery coach (certified peer support specialist) at The Courage Center in Lexington, South Carolina.
Continuing Education
Continuing Education credit for this activity is provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare, and is available for an additional fee ($20 administrative fee per certificate).
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT). AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this live virtual activity and enduring activity material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. For physicians, hours of participation are the number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ awarded.
Nurses
Credit being awarded:1.25 ANCC contact hours.
Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.
Timothy J. Wiegand, MD, FACMT, DFASAM, Lead Physician Planner/Reviewer/Faculty: has nothing to disclose.
Gloria J. Baciewicz, MD, Physician Planner/Reviewer/Faculty: has nothing to disclose.
Rachel Culbreth, PhD, MPH, Faculty: has nothing to disclose.
William McCauley, Faculty: has nothing to disclose.
Amber Frazier, Faculty: has nothing to disclose.
Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Lead Nurse Planner/Reviewer: has nothing to disclose.
Bernadette Marie Makar, MSN, NP-C, APRN-C, Nurse Planner/Reviewer: has nothing to disclose.
AKH Planners and Reviewers: have nothing to disclose.
None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
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Disclaimer
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