Implementing Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder

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Implementing Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder

Created: September 2024

Online Module

Overview

This 1-hour module provides an overview of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for addressing alcohol use in healthcare settings, with a focus on practical implementation in clinical practice. It covers the spectrum of alcohol use, from low-risk drinking to severe alcohol use disorder (AUD), and equips healthcare professionals with the skills to identify patients who may benefit from intervention, ensuring timely and appropriate care. 

The target audience for this introductory level activity includes clinical healthcare professionals who prescribe medications in outpatient or inpatient settings.

This activity addresses the following ACGME Competencies: Patient Care and Procedural Skills; Medical Knowledge; Professionalism; and Systems-Based Practice

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, learners will be able to:

  1. Identify opportunities for implementing SBIRT in outpatient settings.
  2. Specify drinking limits based on age and gender.
  3. Describe the progression from at-risk use to alcohol use disorder (AUD).
  4. Apply appropriate screening techniques in outpatient settings.
  5. Perform brief interventions in simulated patient scenarios.
  6. Identify AUD cases requiring referral or focused follow-up appointments when referral options are limited.

Registration Deadline: 08/10/2027

Close Access Date: 09/10/2027 

Instructions

  1. Click on the Contents tab to begin this activity. 
  2. Click Complete Post Test to answer multiple choice questions. Participants will have 10 attempts to pass and must answer [# of questions needed to get a 70%] out of [total # of questions] questions correctly.
  3. Click Complete Evaluation to provide valuable activity feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window. 
  4. Click the button Claim Medical Credits in the box titled Claim Credits & Certificate. Choose the type of credit and click submit. Click the button View/Print Certificate to save or print your certificate. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the ASAM e-Learning Center, clicking Dashboard, and clicking Transcript/Achievements.

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Cara Borelli

DO

Dr. Borelli is a core faculty member in addiction medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. She trained in emergency medicine at UT Health San Antonio and completed an addiction medicine fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine in New York City, New York. Her clinical work is on the inpatient Yale Addiction Medicine Consult Service in New Haven, Connecticut. In this role, she works on an interdisciplinary team and precepts trainees who span the spectrum of medical training, including first-year medical students, medical students, and resident physicians on the Yale Collaborative Behavioral Health and Addiction Medicine Program (CHAMP) pathway, consult-liaison psychiatry fellows, palliative care fellows, and addiction medicine fellows.

No disclosures.

Sharde McLeish

MD

Dr. McLeish specializes in addiction medicine. Her main clinical interests are cocaine, opioid, and tobacco use disorders, community outreach, education, and wellness. Dr. McLeish received her MD from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. She did an internal medicine residency at Englewood Hospital and an addiction medicine fellowship at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. Dr. McLeish is a member of the American College of Academic Addiction Medicine, the American College of Physicians, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. She joined Englewood Health Physician Network in 2024.

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Accreditation & Credits


Joint Accreditation Statement
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In support of improving patient care, the American Society of Addiction Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credits Available
  • Physicians: 1 Credit(s)
  • Nurses & NPs: 1 Nursing Contact Hour(s)
  • PAs: 1 Credit(s)
  • Pharmacists: 1 Credit(s)
  • Social Workers: 1 Credit(s)
  • Interprofessional Continuing Education: 1.5 Credit(s)
  • Certified Counselors: 1 NBCC Contact Hour(s)

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)/Continuing Certification Program (CCP)

This activity is designed to meet the requirements for MOC/CCP for several primary physician boards and for state licensing CME requirements. MOC Credit is only reported and designated for ABA, ABP, ABIM, and ABS. By completing the online credit application and evaluation, the learner permits ASAM to report credits to the appropriate Board. Learn more.

  • ABA MOCA 2.0®*: 1 Lifelong Learning
  • ABIM MOC Points: 1 Medical Knowledge
  • ABP MOC: 1 Lifelong Learning & Self-Assessment
  • ABS Continuing Certification: 1 Accredited CME | 1 Self-Assessment

Additionally, this activity has been designed to satisfy the requirements of the following primary physician board certification requirements. Please confirm with your individual Board.

  • American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM)
  • American Board of Preventative Medicine (ABPM)
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
Certificates for other professions

All participants may request a certificate of participation upon completion of the activity and an online evaluation confirming their participation. Learners are strongly advised to contact their professional licensing board or professional association to confirm this certificate will be accepted as evidence supporting continuing education requirements.

California Association for Drug/Alcohol Educators (CAADE)

This educational program is approved by CAADE: #CP40 999 1225.

California Association of DUI Treatment Centers (CADTP)

This educational program is approved by CADTP: #205.

California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)

This educational program is approved by CCAPP: #OS-20-330-1224.

Disclosure Information


In accordance with the disclosure policies of ASAM and Joint Accreditation, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all accredited continuing education activities. These policies include identifying and mitigating all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved in the creation and dissemination of accredited continuing education.

See the attached pdf for a list of disclosures.


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  American Society of Addiction Medicine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7062. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. American Society of Addiction Medicine is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

MOCA 2.0® is a trademark of the American board of Anesthesiology®.
This activity contributes to the patient safety CME requirement for Part II: Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment of the American board of Anesthesiology's (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® (MOCA®), known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, https://www.theaba.org/, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

The complete list of disclosures and designation statements are linked below.

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Complete Post Test
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