Active CME

We identified a need to educate medical professionals, and developed a framework to guide the development of an educational intervention. Clinical Tools is accredited by the ACCME to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (tm), and we have received Accredidation with Commendation from them. This page highlights our active CME offerings. All of our CME and Training is Commercial Support Free.

1. CME on Buprenorphine

Courses:
To receive your online buprenorphine DATA 2000 waiver training, consider our CME courses available on Buppractice.com. BupPractice.com provides buprenorphine training that allows physicians to qualify for their DEA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for patients addicted to opioids. The training program is 100% Internet-based, costs $175, and is supported by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). It was developed and is delivered by Clinical Tools, Inc. In completing the program, you will earn your buprenorphine waiver and 8 hours of CME credit. Clinical Tools is accredited by the ACCME to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (tm). Get started at Buppractice.com. Available courses:
  • Assessment for Office-Based Treatment
  • Clinical Use of Buprenorphine
  • Detection and Diagnosis of Opioid Dependence
  • Health Impact of Opioid Addiction
  • Managing Patients With Substance Use Disorders in Clinical Practice
  • Office Policy and Legal Issues
  • Opioid Addiction in Special Populations
  • Opioid Use Disorders and Psychiatric Comorbidities
  • Other Treatments for Opioid Addiction
  • Pharmacology of Opioids
  • Scope of the Problem: Opioid Addiction
  • The Primary Care Physician's Role in Addiction Treatment
Clinical Cases:
Additionally, we offer additional case-based CME courses on buprenorphine-related topics. You can receive up to 4 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (tm), by taking Clinical Cases in Buprenorphine. Available Clinical Cases:
  • Assessment for Buprenorphine Treatment
  • Complicated Patients in Buprenorphine Treatment
  • Issues in Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment
  • Pain Patients in Buprenorphine Treatment

2. CME on Tobacco

We have formed partnerships with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to deliver our courses on buprenorphine and tobacco treatment training. TobaccoCME.com is a comprehensive set of continuing education courses that can be taken individually. Topics include:
  • Health effects of tobacco use
  • Conducting motivational interviewing
  • Treating special populations (elderly, adolescents, pregnant women)
  • Pharmacotherapy of tobacco cessation
  • Case studies on tobacco cessation
Our interactive and evidenced based courses are focused on helping patients quit smoking and other tobacco use. These courses are reviewed by tobacco control experts and primary care physicians. TobaccoCME.com also has a variety of resources including patient handouts on tobacco cessation, clinical forms, and helpful links. Clinical Tools can also provide you with customized websites with curriculum for your students or staff members. Some of the TobaccoCME.com courses have been pulled together as part of a curriculum that prepares physicians to provide clinical tobacco interventions for prevention and cessation. TobaccoTreatmentTraining.com consists of a series of continuing education (CE) courses. Healthcare providers who complete the training program will earn their ASAM tobacco training certificate as well as up to 10.5 hours of continuing education credit (several types are available).

3. Coming in 2010!

  • Pain and Addiction Treatment: The Interface of Addiction Medicine & Pain Treatment with Controlled Substances (upcoming, not all documentation will be available)
    • We are currently developing a web-based curriculum on pain and addiction treatment, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Contract #HHSN271200800012C). We will also have interactive features such as forums and a remote Live Standardized Patient course, in which medical providers can practice clinical applications, and can earn CME by interviewing patient actors via live online chat.
  • Using SBIRT in Your Practice (upcoming, not all documentation will be available)
    • We are currently developing a suite of web-based courses on substance abuse screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), with funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Contract #HHSN271200900036C). The courses will have some exciting new interactive features, such as a live chat with a standardized patient - all conducted via the Internet!