Harm Reduction for the Healthcare Provider: AlbanyMed
June 5, 2024
Overview
Target Audience
All pharmacists
Learning Objectives
After the Event You will be able to:
Discuss the key guiding principles of harm reduction in the context of working with individuals who use drugs.
Understand the evidence demonstrating how harm reduction approaches can improve patient engagement and clinical outcomes.
Describe harm reduction techniques or skills that a practitioner can employ in his/her practice
Faculty
- Brianna Norton, DO
- Dr. Norton is an Infectious Diseases physician, and the Deputy Medical Director of the AIDS Institute at the NYS Department of Health. Dr. Norton spent the last decade at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY treating patients for HIV, Hepatitis C, and opioid use disorder in community settings such as primary care clinics, methadone treatment programs, and syringe exchange programs. Dr. Norton also opened one of the first drug user health clinics that was located onsite at a syringe exchange program in East Harlem.
Accreditation
ACPE UAN #
0042-9999-24-049-L05-P
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPEThe Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.