Name
Responding to the Opioid Crisis: an Educator’s View
Date & Time
Thursday, January 9, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lisa Graves
Description
Opioids have become a leading cause of death in many jurisdictions.  The additional health impacts of the opioid crisis are widespread impacting infants to the elderly.  Medical schools and medical educators are being called on to respond to this crisis.  During this presentation, the impact of the crisis will be described and current educational efforts to address the ongoing crisis will be described.  Integrated curricular approaches impacting the longitudinal curriculum will be described.