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Cultural Humility Series: Addressing Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans from BIPOC Communities
Cultural Humility Series: Addressing Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans from BIPOC Communities
This program is designed to enhance delivery of equitable and culturally informed care for veterans from Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities in need of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. The program will begin with an overview of common values, terms, and characteristics of the military population, while also incorporating a nuanced understanding of the inequities, historical and current, affecting veterans from Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color (BIPOC) communities. Presentations will also explore a multitude of factors contributing to health inequities in remission and recovery, including racist policies and stigmas in addiction treatment, and considerations of social and structural determinants of health when caring for patients with OUD.
Grant funding from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office’s Promoting Cultural Humility in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Grant allowed for this course to be developed and offered at no-cost to learners.
Target Audience
This program is intended for clinical and non-clinical personnel in health service agencies that serve individuals in need of substance use disorder treatments. The audience will include the following professions: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Nursing (Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses), Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors, Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Peer support specialists, administrative personnel.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the differences between Cultural Humility and Cultural Competence.
- Explain the branches of the military, the military hierarchical structure, and the differences between active duty and reserve/guard components.
- Discuss substance use in the military community, the history of the military’s management of substance use, and inequities in treatment.
- Describe the contributions, service, and sacrifices of underrepresented veterans in the Armed Forces.
- Explain foundations of merit-based culture and why/how it is inequitable for racial/ethnic minorities.
- Identify an empirically supported recovery support services and describe the evidence of outcomes.
- Describe how language around substance use disorders can increase stigma.
- Explain racial literacy and describe the correct interpretation of race.
- Describe empirically identified racial inequities in course of illness, treatment, and recovery from substance use disorder.
- Describe the need for a medical legal partnership focused on criminal legal needs.
- Identify best practices that empower health centers to advocate for patients with criminal legal involvement.
Cultural Humility Series: Addressing Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans from BIPOC Communities | Program Agenda
Understanding Military Culture and Substance Use through a Cultural Humility Framework | Module 1
Wes Sanders, PhD & Armand Hunter
Dispelling the Myth of Meritocracy in the Military | Module 2
Crystal C. Ellington
Recovery as the New Paradigm: Implications for Stigma, Language, and Discrimination | Module 3
Corrie L. Vilsaint, PhD
Race and Recovery | Module 4
Corrie L. Vilsaint, PhD
Medical-Criminal Legal Partnerships: Supporting Patients with Criminal Legal Involvement | Module 5
Rahul Vanjani, MD
Course Planners
- Louis Chow, PhD
- Jane Pimental, MPH
- David Rubin, MD
- Susan,Ph.D. Sprich, Ph.D. (Psychologist Reviewer)
Speakers
Financial Relationships:
The following planners, speakers, content reviewers, and others in control of educational content have reported financial relationships with ineligible companies over the past 24 months:
Susan Sprich, PhD (Psychologist Reviewer)
Royalties: Oxford University Press; Springer
Honorarium for associate editor of a journal: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Available Credit
- 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
McLean Hospital designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 6.25 Nursing Contact Hours
Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.
This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 6.25 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.
- 6.00 Social Workers
The Collaborative of NASW, Boston College, and Simmons College Schools of Social Work authorizes social work continuing education credits for courses, workshops, and educational programs that meet the criteria outlined in 258 CMR of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers
This program has been approved for 6.00 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons Schools of Social Work Authorization Number D91599
- 6.25 Participation
This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.
Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.