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Academic Medicine’s Response to the Opioid Crisis
Stemming the Opioid Epidemic
Kết quả xổ số miền nam hôm quaIn response to the crisis in their communities and nationwide, AAMC-member institutions are actively working to advance medical research, education, and clinical care that addresses the opioid epidemic.
Medical educators are enhancing existing coursework in pain management and substance abuse in innovative ways. While students are exposed to this material through multiple modalities in medical school, to be maximally effective, such experiences are also being reinforced throughout the continuum of medical education — including in residency training, clinical experiences, and continuing education for practicing physicians.
Kết quả xổ số miền nam hôm quaAAMC-member institutions are also promoting innovations in patient care, conducting cutting-edge research into substance use disorders and pain management, and providing community education programs and events
The Opioid Workforce Act of 2019 (H.R. 3414/S. 2892)
This legislation would address the national crisis by ending a freeze in Medicare support and adding 1,000 graduate medical education positions over the next five years in hospitals that have, or are in the process of establishing, accredited residency programs in addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry, or pain medicine.
Read a summary of the bill
How Medical Education is Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Learn more about AAMC's efforts to use medical education to stem the tide of the opioid crisis.
Here are five things to know about how academic medicine is helping to combat the opioid epidemic in the United States.
More than 2 million people abuse opioids, yet only 5,500 physicians are trained in addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine.
Medical schools nationwide are strengthening curricula to help students confront the opioid epidemic and care for patients in chronic pain.
The Doctor’s Dilemma
Academic medicine is evolving to keep pace with public health challenges and meet the needs of patients and communities. Nowhere is this more evident than with the opioid epidemic.
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Treating Patients with Chronic Pain and/or Substance Use Disorders
After receiving opioids, Travis Rieder, PhD, was shocked to find how little doctors knew about managing them. He shares his journey and how we can spare others.
Over 20 million people in the U.S. have a substance use disorder. During COVID-19, experts see signs of relapses, overdoses, and other worries. What can we do?
AAMC Executive Vice President Atul Grover says we can use the lessons of the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s to inform our work today around the opioid crisis.
In a novel approach, ED doctors at several teaching hospitals treat more than overdose symptoms. They start patients on the road to recovery.
Medical students are learning different ways to manage patients’ pain. The result? A better understanding of the nature of pain and substance use disorder.
As more infants display opioid withdrawal, academic medical centers are developing promising new methods to treat these tiny patients and support their mothers.
Medical schools and teaching hospitals are working to stem the tide of the opioid epidemic and provide treatment options for those with substance use disorders.
Medical schools and teaching hospitals are finding innovative ways to help small-town physicians address the growing opioid crisis in rural areas.
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Opioid Treatment and Pain Management Research
Resources on treatment and pain management
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