Spring 2027

Integrating Addiction Medicine Into Pa Practice

Advanced training in preventing, diagnosing, and treating substance use disorders within physician assistant practice.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Maggie Williams

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain key neurobiological pathways involved in addiction and describe how these mechanisms inform treatment strategies for substance-use disorders.

  • Compare and contrast efficacy/mechanisms of pharmacologic and behavioral interventions for opioid and alcohol use disorders and recommend treatment plans.

  • Demonstrate motivational interviewing and trauma-informed patient-centered counseling to enhance adherence, support behavior change, and develop harm-reduction strategies.

  • Demonstrate reflective analysis of personal biases and consideration of community engagement strategies for addressing addiction.

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Declared in Physician Assistant program

  • Declared in Physician Assistant program
PHYASST 788

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Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 400

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Student experience

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Advanced training in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of substance use disorders.

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Topics

  • Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of substance use disorders
  • Neurobiological pathways involved in addiction
  • Pharmacologic and behavioral interventions for opioid and alcohol use disorders
  • Motivational interviewing and trauma-informed counseling

Skills

  • Motivational interviewing and trauma-informed patient-centered counseling
  • Recommend treatment plans for opioid and alcohol use disorders
  • Explain neurobiological pathways in addiction
  • Reflective analysis of personal biases and community engagement strategies

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PHYASST 788 · Spring 2027

Integrating Addiction Medicine into PA Practice

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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