Answering the Call for Opioid Education
Webinar Details & Objectives
Opioid abuse and dependence are a growing public health threat facing the United States. The AACN/NIDA grant provides funding to capture student, faculty, and professional data about current nurse attitudes and knowledge gaps surrounding prescribing practices, treatment recommendations, and prevention strategies for opioid use disorders. Based on solicited feedback, a tailored thirteen-module online course and provider data repository was designed and deployedover a 5-month period across the United States. Results of the project included baseline data about attitudes and knowledge gaps, knowledge and behavior changes in practice based on training and unique methods of designing and implementing an online learning strategy.
Objectives
- Identify curriculum development and online design strategies to flip the classroom in educating students and professionals about opioid use disorders.
- Identify critical learner attitudes and knowledge gaps surrounding prescribing practices, treatment recommendations, and prevention strategies for opioid use disorders.
- Define the role of an online repository in supporting knowledge retention and enrollment.
- Identify steps to implementing this program at your university.
Speakers
Aimee Techau, BSNStudent
University of Colorado
Mrs. Techau, a master’s degree student in the University of Colorado (CU) College of Nursing Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, received a $10,000 substance abuse disorder grant from AACN and the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Mrs. Techau is completing her final year of master’s coursework and planning to graduate December 2017. Post-graduation, Mrs. Techau would like to continue her education by enrolling in the PhD nursing program at the CU College of Nursing, and making her AACN/NIDA project the first step toward her doctorate.
Mary Weber, PhDEndowed Professor
University of Colorado
Dr. Weber is a psychiatric nurse practitioner and Endowed Professor in Psychiatric Nursing for the University of Colorado College of Nursing. She has extensive clinical and teaching expertise in chronic mental illness, psychiatric assessment, medication management, and individual/group therapies, having received National Teaching Awards and gained induction into the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She has received grants funded by the Stanley Foundation, HRSA, and SAMHSA, and has had numerous national presentations and publications. Her research has focused on underserved populations, including the homeless, those with co-morbid psychiatric and medical disorders, and those with post-partum depression. Her current SAMHSA work involves the integration of SBIRT into undergraduate and graduate curricula.
Moderator
Colleen Leners, DNP
Director of Policy
American Association of Colleges of Nursing