Update on Emerging Drug Contaminants: Xylazine

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Course Description

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.

Launch Date: April 6, 2023

At the conclusion of the on-demand course, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize three (3) pharmacological effects of xylazine in humans.
2. Distinguish two (2) major types of harm caused by xylazine use, in both short and long
term contexts.
3. Identify three (3) harm reduction techniques which can be applied to xylazine use.
4. Propose two (2) harm reduction approaches to use for xylazine in current practice.

Instructions for Continuing Medical Education Credit

How to receive a CME certificate:

For Continuing Medical Education (CME) for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners only, you will receive a link to complete the course evaluation for CME after watching the video for this course, and you will receive your CE certificate via email within six to eight weeks.

If you have any UCLA ISAP CME-related questions, please contact Gloria Miele at gmiele@mednet.ucla.edu.

CME Statements:

Please view the linked CME Learner Handout for more information about how to obtain CME credit.

The training course meets the qualification for the provision of one-half (0.5) continuing medical education credit hour (CME).

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) designates this on-demand course for a maximum of one-half (0.5) AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes that Continuing Medical Education (CME) is acceptable for meeting RN continuing education requirements as long as the course is certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM (rn.ca.gov). Nurses will receive a Certificate of Participation following this activity that may be used for license renewal.

Continuing medical education will be awarded within 6-8 weeks following completion of the on-demand course.

Estimated time to complete the course:

This course should take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Cost:

Free

Disclosure statements:

Claire Zagorski, MSc, LP

None of the presenters, planners, or others in control of content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Trainers:

Claire Zagorski, MSc, LP

Graduate Research Assistant, PhARM Program

The University of Texas at Austin

Recommended Audience:

This online course is recommended for medical, behavioral health, and substance use disorder clinicians and administrative staff who are involved in providing multidisciplinary care to persons with opioid, stimulant, and other substance use disorders, including, but not limited to:

  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Registered Nurses and LVNs
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health Counselors
  • Case Managers
  • Medical Assistants

Instructions for Requesting Accommodations for Disability:

If you need a disability-related reasonable accommodation/alternative format for this event, please contact Darren Manley at dmanley@mednet.ucla.edu.

Instructions for Filing a Grievance Concerning UCLA ISAP’s Continuing Education Program:

Please contact Dr. Thomas E. Freese, CE Program Administrator, in writing: (UCLA ISAP, 10911 Weyburn Ave., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024) or by phone (310-267-5397). Alternatively, you may contact Dr. Gloria Miele or Dr. James Peck, ISAP-affiliated doctoral-level psychologists responsible for program planning for the ISAP CE Program. Drs. Miele and Peck can be reached in writing at: 10911 Weyburn Ave., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024 or by phone at 310-267-5888 (Miele) or 310-267-5346 (Peck).

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