Background Medical students may be in an ideal position to identify patients with substance
use disorders (SUDs) and provide them with information about harm reduction and …

Background Medical settings provide ideal opportunities to identify patients with substance
use disorders and provide harm reduction and treatment resources. Medical students often …

Introduction: As rates of overdose and substance use disorders (SUDs) increase, medical
schools are starting to incorporate more content on SUDs and harm reduction in …

Background: Despite escalating opioid overdose death rates, addiction medicine is
underrepresented in residency curricula. Providing naloxone to at-risk patients, relatives …

Background: Opioid overdose deaths have reached epidemic proportions in the United
States. This problem stems from both licit and illicit opioid use. Prescribing opioids …

Introduction Opiate use disorder is a common condition in healthcare services in Ireland,
where over 200 opiate overdose deaths occur annually. There is limited addiction medicine …

Background Opioid overdose deaths constitute a public health crisis in the United States.
Strategies for reducing opioid-related harm are underutilized due in part to clinicians' low …

Introduction: With the opioid epidemic creating a group of patients with unique health care
needs, pharmacists have an opportunity to be a good resource for patients recovering from …

Background With a drastic shortage of addiction medicine specialists—and an ever-growing
number of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD)—there is a dire need for more clinicians …

Background Overdose education and naloxone training was recently implemented into the
required curriculum of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island. The …