AUD Advocacy: Creating Champions and Driving Change in the Healthcare Setting
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AUD Advocacy: Creating Champions and Driving Change in the Healthcare Setting
Host: American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
Recorded: March 19, 2025
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Overview
This 60-minute webinar led by Andrea Jodat DNP, FNP-BC, CARN-AP, will examine how to identify and leverage champions in the workplace who can help advocate for new organizational policies to improve outcomes for patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD). This course is not eligible for credit.
The target audience for this intermediate level activity includes: All types of healthcare professionals.
The ACGME Competencies include: Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, and Systems-based Practice.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, learners will be able to:
- Identify key responsibilities and characteristics of clinical champions in the healthcare setting by describing at least three specific actions they can take to support evidence-based care.
- Explain the impact of clinical champions on improving care quality and overcoming barriers within a healthcare team using real-world examples.
- Describe at least two strategies healthcare providers can use to advocate for policy change, including engaging with policymakers or participating in professional organizations.
Open Registration: 03/24/2025 - 08/01/2027
Close Access Date: 09/01/2027
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Andrea Jodat, DNP, FNP-BC, CARN-AP
Clinical Nurse Educator
Boston Medical Center: Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance
Andrea is a clinical nurse educator for Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, where she contributes to the development and delivery of continuing education programs, peer-reviewed publications, evidence-based clinical guidelines, and other resources for providers supporting patients with substance use disorders. She is also a family nurse practitioner at Boston Medical Center, an assistant professor of medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, and conducts research in the use of telehealth and coordinated care for persons with opioid use disorder and depression. Andrea is an active member of the Boston University Medical Group Advanced Practice Provider Council and the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners. Andrea has worked with vulnerable populations for over 10 years including managing substance use disorders and overall healthcare for persons experiencing homelessness with the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. She is a term lecturer and preceptor for nurse practitioner students at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions (IHP) and received her Doctor in Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from the IHP in 2018. She also holds certification as a Certified Addiction Registered Nurse - Advanced Practice (CARN-AP) through the Addictions Nursing Certification Board (ANCB).
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