BC ECHO on Substance Use – Opioid Use Disorder
Management of opioid use disorder with injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT)
Thursday June 24, 2021, 9:00-10:00 AM PDT
Co-presenters:
Dr. Rupi Brar, Interim Medical Director, Regional Addiction Program, VCH; Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC; Primary care – PHS Community Services Society; Addiction Medicine Consult Team, St Paul’s Hospital
Dr. Marie-Ève Goyer, Scientific Director of the Clinical and Organizational Support Team in Addiction and Homelessness; Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Emergency Department, University of Montréal
At the end of this session, you should be able to:
- Describe the evidence for iOAT in treating opioid use disorder
- Incorporate iOAT as part of the continuum of care for opioid use disorder
- Evaluate patients for starting iOAT
- Safely initiate and titrate iOAT, and provide ongoing clinical support to a patient on iOAT