Opioid Use in Primary Care - Virtual annual conference
May 24, 2024
Designed for anyone involved in the care and support of people who use opioids, this one-day event will provide the opportunity to learn about and discuss topics related to opioid use practices, policies, treatments and harm reduction.
Date and time: May 24, 2024. 9 am to 4:30 pm EST (Virtual) - Download the PDF of the agenda for 2024.
Fee: $100
Registration link: https://app.certain.com/profile/3403281
Key note speaker
Mae Katt is a Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner from Temagami First Nation and lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She has an Honours Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Education (Curriculum Specialty) and Honorary Doctor of Laws from Trent University. She coordinates a Mobile Treatment Team that serves remote and rural First Nations to provide opiate-agonist treatment with buprenorphine/naloxone and injectable buprenorphine. Mae also provides primary health care and mental health care to students in an urban based Indigenous high school for over 20 years.
How is the day structured
There are 4 key themes for this event each with multiple sessions throughout the day.
- Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) treatment across the life-span
- Serving people with complex needs
- Innovative therapeutics and protocols: Looking at the evidence
- Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) in primary care for new prescribers
Conference agenda
Download the PDF of the agenda for 2024.
Session 1 9:15 to 10:15
Panel with people with lived experience
Moderator: Katie Upham
Break 10:15 to 10:25
Session 2 10:25-11:25 am
1. Patients with OUD in palliative care
Speaker: Alissa Teesco
2. Supporting patients with co-occurring Stimulant and Opioid Use Disorders
Speaker: Tanya Hauck
3. Innovative strategies for managing OUD: Beyond safer supply
Speaker: Leah Steele
4. Thank you for taking over buprenorphine prescribing for your patient, who has now been discharged from RAAM”: An introduction to buprenorphine for primary care
Break 11:25-11:35
Session 3 11:35 am -12:35 pm
1. Considerations for youth / adolescent OUD management
Speaker: James Wang
2. Serving people with complex needs 101
Speaker: Kelly White
3. Novel strategies for buprenorphine micro/macro + injectable OAT
Speaker: Ken Lee
4. Managing buprenorphine in primary care: case-based discussions
Lunch 12:35 - 1:10
Session 4 1:10 to 2:10
Keynote: Mae Katt
Break 2:10-2:20
Session 5: 2:20 -3:20 pm
1. OUD among older adults
Speaker: Marilyn White-Campbell
2. Improving pain experiences alongside opioid-tolerant people accessing acute care
Speakers: Lewis Forward; Alex Smithers; Katie Upham
3. SROM as an independent or adjunct treatment for OUD
Speaker: Karan Cheema
4. When your patient is on methadone: What to know as a primary care provider
Break 3:20-3-30
Session 6 3:30 -4:30 pm
1. Perinatal OUD management
Speaker: Erin Lurie
2. Smoking cessation and OAT care
Speaker: Peter Selby
3. Innovative therapeutics: What’s on the horizon
Speakers: Monique Moller; Victor Tang
4. The nuts and bolts of delivering OAT in primary care settings: Q & A with PCPs
Panelists: Sharon Cirone; Nena-Rae Watson (one additional panelist to be confirmed)
