The Community Rounds Workshop Series features webinars offered by subject matter experts presenting evidence-based best practices and research on topics which are critical to rural providers and health, behavioral health and substance use disorder professionals. Registration is open to all who are interested. Continuing Education credits are associated with the webinar series.

Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants as Buprenorphine Providers: Facilitators and Barriers
Our speakers are Joanne Spetz, PhD, Director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS), University of California San Francisco, and Jackie Bray, DNP, FNP-C., Nurse Practitioner for Howard Center’s office-based opioid treatment programs (Vermont)....

Three years of the COVID-19 Pandemic: What we’ve learned, and how it can make us better at treating rural patients with SUD
Our speaker is Dr. Sarah Jacobs, MD, MEd, Oculofacial Reconstructive Surgeon with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Medical Science Writer for UVM CORA. This presentation explores lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic as they relate to rural...

Illicit Drug Supply: Fentanyl and Xylazine
Our speaker is Richard Rawson, PhD, Research Professor at the Vermont Center for Behavior and Health at UVM and a Professor Emeritus at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry. This presentation explores current information about fentanyl and xylazine including: drug supply...

Recommendations for Culturally Recentering Reinforcement-Based Substance Use Disorder Interventions in Collaboration with Rural Tribal Communities
Our speaker is Kait Hirchak, PhD, MHPA (Eastern Shoshone), Assistant Professor at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University. This presentation covers ways to culturally adapt and implement contingency management among rural American Indian...

Applying Motivation-Phase Interventions to Treat Tobacco Use Among People with Opioid Use Disorder
Our speaker is Elias Klemperer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychological Science at the University of Vermont. This presentation will be on the importance of tobacco treatment for people with opioid use disorder and discuss research on providing...

Growing a Competent Workforce in a Rural State: The University of Kentucky Bell Addiction Medicine Scholar Program
Our speaker is Michelle Lofwall, MD, DFAPA, DFASAM, Professor of Behavioral Science and Psychiatry, and Bell Alcohol and Addictions Endowed Chair at the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Medicine in the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research. This presentation will...

Practitioner and Stakeholder Perspectives on Opioid Use and Treatment Across Rural Northern New England
Our speakers are Valerie Harder, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Co-Director of CORA’s Surveillance and Evaluation Core at the University of Vermont, and Julia Shaw, MPH, Manager of the Surveillance and Evaluation Core...

Strategies for Distributing Intranasal Naloxone to Rural Communities
Our speakers are Geoff Capraro, MD, Attending Physician and Associate Professor, Brown Emergency Medicine, and Brooke Lawrence, from the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team. This presentation explores the need for naloxone distribution in rural areas and...

Pregnancy, Parenting, And Substance Use: Stigma, Fear and a Call for Improved Messaging to our Families
Our speaker is Marjorie Meyer, MD, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UVM Larner College of Medicine. This presentation covers unique barriers that people with opioid use disorder face when pregnant and parenting. Learning objectives: ...

Alcohol Use Disorder in the Primary Care Setting: Best Practices for Rural Communities
Our speakers are Christine Chasek, PhD, John Brooklyn, MD, Denise O'Connell, MSW, and Mary Lindsey Smith, PhD, MSW. This presentation focuses on treating alcohol use disorder (AUD) in rural primary care settings. Our panel addresses the extent of rural alcohol use,...

Tools to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: Substance Use Disorder Populations in Rural Communities
Our speaker is Mark Depman, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Central Vermont Medical Center. This presentation covers vaccine facts and talking points for people who are vaccine reluctant. It also covers the importance of COVID-19 vaccine uptake and the impact...

Social Determinants of Mental Health and Substance Use
Our speaker is Brady Heward, MD, Co-Director of Clinical Affairs, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. This presentation introduces key concepts related to the social and structural determinants of health and how...

Cannabis Use and Cannabis Addiction in Rural Populations: Phenomenology, Intervention, Policy
Our speaker is Alan Budney, PhD, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. This presentation focuses on enhancing rural providers’ knowledge related to (a) the changing landscape of cannabis products and availability, (b)...

Peer Recovery as an Evidence-Based Practice: From Science to Impact
Our speakers are John Kelly, PhD, Mark Depman, MD, and Liza Ryan, a Peer Recovery Coach from North Central Vermont Recovery Center. The presentation focuses on how peer recovery models of care can help rural recovery communities from three perspectives. Dr. Kelly...

Telehealth for Substance Use Disorders and Considerations for Rural Regions
Our speaker is Allison Lin, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Addiction Center, Ann Arbor, MI. This presentation focuses on optimizing patient and clinician experiences with different telehealth platforms, practical...

Motivational Interviewing: Evidence-Based Strategies and Principles for Guiding Conversations With Your Patients
Our speaker is Peter Jackson, MD, Co-Director of Clinical Affairs, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UVM Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT. In this session, Dr. Jackson shares practical ways to implement and utilize motivational interviewing (MI) in a...

Understanding the Harm Reduction Approach: Principles and Practice
Our speaker is Theresa Vezina, Executive Director of Vermont CARES. Harm reduction is a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug use. This presentation outlines history, principles, and practices of harm...

Identifying SUD Bias and Addressing Stigma in the Clinical Setting
Our speaker is Peter Jackson, MD, Co-Director of Clinical Affairs, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UVM Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT. This presentation outlines practical approaches to identifying personal bias and addressing stigma in the clinical...

Acute Pain Management Following Surgery
Our speaker is Marjorie Meyer, MD, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UVM Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT. This presentation outlines strategies to optimize pain control and reduce opioid overprescribing in the post-operative...

Use of Sustained Release Buprenorphine (SRB) in the Out Patient Setting
Our speaker is John Brooklyn, MD, UVM Larner College of Medicine. This presentation discusses the evidence for and the use of sustained release buprenorphine (SRB) to treat opioid use disorder. Learning Objectives: Identify patients who may benefit from SRB Develop a...

Treatment and Assessment of Co-occurring PTSD and SUDs
Learning Objectives: Provide a definition of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) according to the DSM-V Present an overview of PTSD prevalence Review helpful assessment tools and strategies Review effective treatment approaches for PTSD Discuss specific...

Smartphone-based Financial Incentives to Promote Smoking Cessation Among Pregnant Women
Our speaker is Allison Kurti, PhD, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont. Maternal smoking is the leading cause of poor birth outcomes, increases the risk for adverse neonatal outcomes, and is associated...

A Multigenerational Approach to Prevention & Treatment of SUDs
Learning Objectives: Recognize the role genes and shared environment play in multigenerational perpetuation of substance use disorders Understand familial risk and protective factors for substance use Identify key stages of the individual and family life cycle for...

Suicide and Substance Use Disorders
Our speaker is Sanchit Maruti, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT. Substance use disorders (SUDs) contribute to an increased risk of dying by suicide. Approximately 40% of patients seeking...

Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders
Our speaker is Richard Rawson, PhD, Research Professor, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont in Burlington, VT and Professor Emeritus, UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA. The emergence of increased rates of cocaine and...

SBIRT for Unhealthy Alcohol Use
Our speaker is Gail Rose, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. Ever wondered what SBIRT is, where it came from, and why we should use it? In this webinar, Dr. Rose presents the origins of SBIRT and summarizes the evidence for...

Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder in Women
Our speaker is Marjorie Meyer, MD, Associate Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. Women are at particularly increased risk of developing opioid use disorder related to prescribed opioids. This webinar reviews the literature on...
Continuing Education Information
The UVM College of Medicine provides guidance and step-by-step instructions on how to claim continuing education credits HERE. Credits are also available for those who watch the recording within 30 days of the live event.
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