Opioid Crisis Courses and Certifications

Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers

51 ratings at Coursera

Learn to counsel patients on safe opioid use, spot misuse risk factors, and refer to treatment, covering pain pathophysiology, prevention strategies, addiction recovery, and policy.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Opioid Crisis in America

35 ratings at edX

Learn about the opioid epidemic in the United States, including information about treatment and recovery from opioid addiction.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers

This course will empower non-prescribing providers to directly impact the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States through increased knowledge and tools that will transform practice and policies. CM

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

TheIRETAchannel

Opioid Safety: Innovative Approaches to Address the Opioid Crisis

Explore innovative approaches to combat the opioid crisis, from prevention to treatment, and learn about impactful initiatives in hospital and community settings.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Opioid Epidemic: From Evidence to Impact

51 ratings at Coursera

Examine evidence-based responses to the U.S. opioid epidemic: prescription drug monitoring programs, CDC prescribing guidelines, pill vial engineering, naloxone access, harm reduction, and combating stigma.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Opioid Epidemic: America's Deadly Addiction

4 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Follow one of the top cognitive neuroscientists to discover how opioids affect our brains and how they have contributed to an alarming crisis of overuse and even death in this country.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Pediatric Grand Rounds - Tackling the Nation's Overdose Crisis: The Role of Pediatric Providers, 5/18/22

Explores how pediatric providers can address opioid overdose risk through epidemiology, screening, treatment, and safer prescribing for adolescents and young adults.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

MassGeneralHospital

Opioid Overdose Awareness and Reversal Training

Learn to recognize and respond to opioid overdoses, understand the crisis, and use naloxone to save lives in this comprehensive training on opioid overdose awareness and reversal.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Black Hat

The Dark Side of the Cloud - How a Lack of EMR Security Controls Helped Amplify the Opioid Crisis

A security gap in Practice Fusion’s clinical decision support let a pharmaceutical company influence opioid treatment recommendations and contribute to the crisis.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Focus on Opioid Use Disorder and Treatment: The Genetics of Addiction-How Discovery Is Informing the Path Forward for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Intervention, and Prevention

Explores how addiction genetics research is shaping new treatment, intervention, and prevention approaches for opioid use disorder.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Penn Medicine Opioid Stewardship 2022: Comprehensive Pain Management: Opioids and Beyond

Guides clinicians in safer, more judicious opioid prescribing while managing acute and chronic pain through guideline adherence and harm-reduction strategies.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Best Practices for Treatment of Acute Pain: Express Interest and Pre-Survey

2 ratings

Practical tools for safer postoperative acute pain treatment, including opioid dosage calculation, naloxone prescribing, and non-opioid therapies.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Department of Surgery Grand Rounds - Responsible Opioid Prescribing After Surgery

Learn responsible opioid prescribing after surgery, including patient education, pill quantities, and disposal of unused medication.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Solving the Opioid Crisis Teach-Out

1 rating

Examine the US opioid epidemic with medical, pharmacy, dental, and public health experts: what opioids are, how the crisis arose, recognizing opioid abuse, and possible solutions.

• Coursera
• 1 week, 2-4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Saving Lives in the Opioid Crisis: Health System Initiatives to Mitigate Opioid Risk

Examines health system initiatives designed to mitigate opioid-related risk and save lives during the opioid crisis.

• Independent
• No Longer Offered
• Free Certificate