No Addiction Medicine Service? Things You Need to Know to Care For Patients With Substance Use Disorders

No Addiction Medicine Service? Things You Need to Know to Care For Patients With Substance Use Disorders - On Demand 2025

Amid surging fentanyl and xylazine exposures, hospitalists often work without an Addiction Medicine team. This on-demand course helps you offer buprenorphine confidently, identify candidates for low-dose initiation, manage precipitated withdrawal, treat alcohol withdrawal and initiate inpatient alcohol use disorder care, while you apply harm-reduction strategies—turning complex cases into clear, timely actions.

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Availability

On-Demand

Expires on May 06, 2028

Credit Offered

0.75 CME Credit

0.75 ABIM-MOC Point

0.75 Participation Credit

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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:

Offer buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in the hospital setting.
Identify patients appropriate for and manage a low dose buprenorphine initiation (micro-dosing) for opioid use disorder.
Appropriately treat patients using illicitly manufactured fentanyl and/or xylazine.
Initiate treatment for alcohol use disorder in the hospital setting.
Implement harm reduction strategies for people who use illicit opioids.

Faculty

Anna-Maria South, MD, FASAM, FACP

Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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