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Buprenorphine Training
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Professional practice gaps exist when there is a disparity between educational needs and the ideal or desired level of knowledge, competence, and performance. Despite demonstrated effectiveness of buprenorphine (SAMHSA, 2020), only around 95,000 providers prescribe buprenorphine for office-based treatment of opioid use disorder, which is a small percentage considering that the pool of potential prescribers is well over a million (SAMHSA, 2021). Physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are likely to encounter patients having this disorder due to the size of the opioid epidemic:
Buprenorphine is a safe and effective treatment for opioid use disorder. Until the exemption for practitioners with DEA registration announced on April 28, 2021 (HHS, 2021), 8 hours of training by an approved organization was required by law in order to prescribe it (SAMHSA, 2020b). Providing information on all aspects of buprenorphine treatment will help address this knowledge need. Moreover, buprenorphine treatment has a protocol for successful outcomes and to minimize risks of overdose, death, and diversion (ASAM, 2020), which validates a need for training for many providers. New, extended-release formulations of buprenorphine have been released over the past several years, resulting in the need to learn new clinic protocols and understanding of patient needs (Compton & Volkow, 2021).
Understanding of clinical protocol and how to apply it will help address this competence need. Experience with interactive case scenarios helps address the performance need of translating competence in following the protocol into actual practice.
Practice Gap References
ASAM. The ASAM National Practice Guideline For the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder 2020 Focused Update. 2020.
Compton W & Volkow N. Extended-Release Buprenorphine and Its Evaluation With Patient-Reported Outcomes. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(5):e219708. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.9708
Health and Human Services Department. Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder. Fed Regist. April 28, 2021.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Rockville, MD: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.; 2020a.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Rockville, MD: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.; 2021a.
SAMHSA. Buprenorphine. October 7, 2020b.
SAMHSA. Practitioner and Program Data. SAMHSA.gov. 2021b.
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