SAMHSA’s Providers Clinical Support System – Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (PCSS-MOUD) is hosting a new and exciting 8-part podcast series that delves into the critical importance of harm reduction. This series consists of 30-minute episodes hosted by distinguished members of the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA).
PCSS-MOUD is a SAMHSA-funded national training, guidance, and clinical mentoring program to enhance the capacity of healthcare and counseling professionals to identify and treat opioid use disorder (OUD). PCSS-MOUD trains health professionals to provide effective, evidence-based, medication treatments to patients with opioid use disorder in primary care, psychiatric care, substance use disorder treatment, and pain management settings.
Each episode of the podcast series will feature experts across different fields, providing a well-rounded perspective on harm reduction.
The first podcast of the series Test Your Drugs, Not Your Limits – The Role of Advanced Drug Checking in Harm Reduction aired July 11 and highlights how community-based advanced drug checking supports people who use drugs, harm reduction staff, and clinical providers.
The second podcast, Harm Reduction in the Hospital: Meeting People Where They Are is scheduled to air on July 18.
Register and receive notification as new episodes become available and to listen to previously aired podcasts in the series.
