Organization: OPA
CME Accreditation: No
Conference Chairs:
- Valerie Primeau MD, FRCPC, North Bay RAAM Physician Lead
- Wiplove Lamba MD, FRCPC, Dip ABAM, ISAM (C)
Conference Planning Committee:
Valerie Primeau, Wiplove Lamba, Angela Ho, Mike Franklyn, Ben Joseph
Learning Objectives:
Upon attending the day, attendees will be able to:
- Compare and describe current evidence-based pharmacotherapy options for people who use substances in both the withdrawal and maintenance phase, including opiate agonist treatment and anti-craving medications
- Compare and describe psychotherapy principles and available psychosocial treatments for people who use substances
- Engage in a discussion around various treatment approaches for complex patients presenting with concurrent disorders
This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Continuing Education and Professional Development Office at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine for up to 7 Mainpro+ credit(s).
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Continuing Education and Professional Development Office at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. You may claim a maximum of 7 hour(s) (credits are automatically calculated).
November 27, 2020 - 13:00 - 17:00 (3.5 hours):
Pharmacotherapy Primer for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
November 28, 2020 10:00 - 14:30 (3.5 hours):
Introduction to Psychosocial Approaches for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
PRESENTERS:
Valerie Primeau, MD, FRCPC is a bilingual psychiatrist in North Bay. She has been actively involved in the treatment of concurrent disorders. She is the physician lead for the implementation of medically-supervised withdrawal management at the North Bay Regional Health Centre and the rural implementation of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Integrated Care Pathway on alcohol use disorder and depression. She also provides physician leadership at the Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) clinic at the Community Counselling Centre of Nipissing. She was a member of the Ontario Health Alcohol Use Disorder Quality Standard Advisory Committee and is helping revise the Withdrawal Management Standards with Addictions and Mental Health Ontario. She sits on the Executive Committee of the Ontario Psychiatric Association and is actively involved in resident education. She is currently the North Bay Co-Site Director and Psychotherapy Coordinator for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) Psychiatry Residency Program.
Wiplove Lamba, MD, FRCPC, Dip ABAM, ISAM C, DAPN is an addiction psychiatrist at the University of Toronto and a psychiatrist at Ontario Shores for Mental Health Sciences. He is a lecturer in the department of Anesthesia and a part time clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry. He has given over 20 workshops at the national level and numerous more at the local and provincial levels in helping people build skills in working with those who use substances.
He is the regional co-director of Ontario for the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine and the medical co-lead of ECHO Ontario Addiction Medicine and Psychosocial interventions. He is a member of the motivational interviewing network of trainers. He is excited to work with all of you in teaching and learning together how to best approach people who use substances.
