Program Objectives

The program objectives of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship is to provide training leading to competency in the following areas.

• Identify the neurobiological mechanisms leading to addiction.
• Assessment and evaluation of substance use disorders across a variety of treatment settings
• Withdrawal management in inpatient and outpatient settings
• Medically managed addiction care in outpatient and residential treatment settings
• Delivery of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral of Treatment
• Provision of Addiction Medicine Consultative Care
• Understanding the intersection of pain and addiction and how to care for patients with co-existing chronic pain and addiction
• Possession of the scientific, socioeconomic and behavioral knowledge to provide care in complex conditions.
• Develop meaningful, therapeutic relationships with patients, families and other health care professionals.
• Knowledge and application of appropriate addiction pharmacotherapy
• Recognition and management of co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions
• Understanding of laws regarding illicit substances, controlled substance prescribing, substance use disorder confidentiality and informed consent.
• Demonstration of effective interaction with a multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, social workers, nurses, counselors and peers in recovery.
• Carry out a scholarly project that makes a defined contribution to the field.