Section: Module 1: Understanding Opioids,Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid Overdose. | Buprenorphine Training: Treating Opioid Use Disorder | NextGenU.org
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Competency covered in this module:
- Understand the fundamentals of opioid neuroscience :
a. Neurophysiology of addiction
b. Neurophysiologic changes associated with chronic opioid use - Understand the fundamentals of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose including its epidemiology, symptoms, and complications.
- Understand the risk factors for Opiod Use Disorder (OUD), opioid overdose and why there is an increased risk of overdose after a relapse.
- Learn about the different treatment options for Opioid Use Disorder.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of opioid overdose in a timely manner, including polydrug overdose.
- Understand the health implications and mortality rates associated with opioid overdoses.
Approximate time required for the readings for this module (at 144 words/minute): 4 hours 22 minutes.
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Read entire page. (9 minutes)
National Institute on Drug Abuse - 2020
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Read section 1 to 3.4 (23 minutes)
John Wiley & Sons - 2020
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Read only the following section: Introduction, Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and History and Physical (23 minutes)
StatPearls Publishing LLC.- 2024
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Read only the following sections:Introduction, Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and History and Physical (20 minutes)
StatPearls Publishing LLC.-2024
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Read entire page (52 minutes)
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice - 2019
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Read entire page (23 minutes)
DovePress - 2021
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Read entire page (18 minutes)
BMC Health Services Research - 2019
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Read entire page (5 minutes)
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2021
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Read entire page (4 minutes)
SAMHSA - 2024
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Read only the section: History and Physical (2 minutes)
StatPearls Publishing LLC.- 2023
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Read entire page (33 minutes)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2022
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Read entire page (27 minutes)
Open Journal of Social Sciences - 2021
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Read entire page (23 minutes)
WHO- 2023
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TO PASS THIS QUIZ YOU MUST OBTAIN A SCORE OF 80%.
- Understand the fundamentals of opioid neuroscience :