PCSS - Cohort Four
PCSS-Universities grantees can offer information and guidance on strategies and considerations for integrating core curriculum.
The Azusa Pacific University, School of Nursing enhances the capacity of nursing students in the areas of knowledge and practice-based competencies associated with the identification and treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs).
The Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Substance Use Disorder certificate expands the skills and knowledge to prepare students to improve the health and wellness of individuals struggling with SUD. The certificate consists of 11 additional units taken at the completion of the MFT program (students who have not already taken PPSY 511 as part of the MFT program must complete it as part of their certificate).
Contact Information: 626-969-3434; Substance Use Disorders Certificate
Wellstar College of Health and Human Services Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Training Program (KSU-MOUD) partners with the University of Pittsburgh Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) to integrate MOUD and other substance use disorder (SUD) education into the KSU nursing curricula to train future nurses to deliver effective patient MOUD treatment within diverse clinical settings. The program focuses on KSU’s Master of Education Program for nurse practitioners, nurse educators, and nurse administrators.
Contact Information: 470-KSU-INFO (470-578-4636); kennesaw.edu/info
Ursuline College (UC) Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Training Program (UCMOUD) partners with the University of Pittsburgh Program Evaluation and Research Unit to integrate MOUD and other substance use disorder (SUD) education into the Breen School of Nursing curricula to train nursing students to deliver effective patient MOUD treatment within diverse clinical settings. The program focuses on UC's graduate nursing students.
Contact Information: 440-449-4200
The purpose of the Wright OUTT (Opioid Use Treatment Training) Program is to provide training and resources to residents and graduate-level students in medical and physician assistant (PA) programs in Montgomery County, Ohio at Wright State University, the University of Dayton (UD), and Kettering College (KC). The program equips students with the theoretical knowledge and practical training required to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUDs). This includes training to prescribe medications, including medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), for treatment in office-based settings upon graduation and receipt of licensure.
The Wright OUTT program educates the students on the epidemiology and neurobiology of SUD, appropriate language to reduce stigma in treating SUDs, and instruction on how to complete a thorough intake and discuss/prescribe MOUD. Students also receive instruction on the differences of OUD and SUD in special populations and co-occurring disorders.
The program focuses on medical students and residents in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, Obstetrics/Gynecology, and Emergency Medicine, and PA students at KC and UD.
Contact Information: 937-775-1000; Wright OUTT (Opioid Use Treatment Training) Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM) Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Training Program (UPSOM-MOUD) partners with the University of Pittsburgh Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) to integrate MOUD and other substance use disorder (SUD) education into the medical student curricula to train medical students to deliver effective patient MOUD treatment within diverse clinical settings.
PERU’s Innovative Health System Initiatives (IHSI) Team enables health systems to conceptualize and integrate innovations to optimize service quality, patient outcomes, and cost savings. The IHSI Treatment Integration Team partners with the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs to support MOUD treatment implementation and optimization throughout urban and rural Pennsylvania. Through this project, the IHSI Treatment Integration Team supports the innovations of Capacity Development, Training & Education, EHR Integration, and Performance Measurement. The program focuses on medical students.
Contact Information: alt108@pitt.edu; Pennsylvania Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Technical Assistance and Quality Improvement Expansion Project (PDF | 447 MB)
The Education in Medical and Pharmacological Addiction Treatments (EMPAT) works to include substance use disorder (SUD) training as core curriculum in medical education at Meharry Medical College. Training consists of an 8-hours to meet the DEA Registration training requirements to obtain a DEA Registration. In addition, the program offers additional SUD training courses and resident rotations in primary care, medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) clinic, and a substance use disorder treatment clinic. This effort is a partnership between Meharry's Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Psychiatry, and JBS International and provides training in SUD and MOUD treatment delivery to physicians that serves vulnerable communities across the country.
Contact Information: 615-327-6000; Meharry Medical College - Pharmacology