About Our Courses
Welcome to the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs’ curated catalog of on-demand learning opportunities. This enduring course catalog features a variety of self-paced learning opportunities that have been developed by the UCLA ISAP Training Department, Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center, and other training/technical assistance organizations located across the United States. The catalog is organized in alphabetical order by key topic area. Special thanks to the California Department of Health Care Services, County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for providing funding to support the development of many of the courses contained within this Catalog.
Complimentary Continuing Education (CE) credit and/or Continuing Medical Education (CME) is available from UCLA ISAP and/or Stanford University for many of the courses featured throughout this Catalog. Please be sure to review the course description(s) to determine which types of CE/CME credit are available prior to enrolling in and completing the course(s).
The Catalog also features several on-demand learning opportunities available through HealtheKnowledge.org , managed by The Collaborative to Advance Health Services at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies. HealtheKnowledge offers a wide variety of courses in the areas of improving health and healthcare services. Each high-quality HealtheKnowledge course offers a free Certificate of Completion for you to keep once you have passed the course requirements. Continuing Education (CE) credit is available for most of the courses for $5 per credit hour. The courses provided on this site cover a variety of health-related topics relevant for today's healthcare provider.
For questions, please contact Beth Rutkowski (brutkowski@mednet.ucla.edu). We hope you find what you’re looking for to further expand your knowledge of evidence-based substance use disorder treatment and recovery approaches. Happy browsing!
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Featured Courses
Advancing Equity in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
As overdose deaths rise, treatment providers continue to address ways to expand access to effective interventions for substance use disorder. One complication is the racial disparities that exist in receiving care. This on-demand course addresses ways to advance equity in substance use disorder treatment. Presenters offer data that indicates differences in the racial, ethnic, and income distributions across California zip codes and the availability of buprenorphine prescriptions in those areas. A case review demonstrates disparate courses of treatment for patients with similar clinical profiles but different demographic backgrounds. The session concludes with a focus on actions treatment providers and systems can take to increase racial equity in substance use treatment.
Xylazine: Health Risks and Harm Reduction Strategies
This on-demand course will briefly cover the emerging drug supply contaminant xylazine, what we do and don’t know about its effects, major domains of medical harms from xylazine use, and what harm reduction for xylazine looks like today.