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Monthly Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Forum:

"Drop-in” learning community lead by experienced MAT providers every second Wednesday at 12:00pm -1:00pm.

All share, all learn environment.

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Upcoming 2025 Sessions:

June: Stimulant use disorder, basic pharmacology, basics of CM
July: Tobacco use disorder
August: Motivational interviewing and how to engage people who are pre-contemplative/contemplative
September: Motivational interviewing for people in preparation/maintenance stage of change
October: Levels of care for treatment of substance use disorders
November: Management of acute pain for people on buprenorphine
December: Chronic pain & how to transition to buprenorphine

Virtual Colorado MOUD Learning Forum

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Denver Health Learning Collaborative

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Induction Basics

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Tools & Resources

CU Campuses

CU Anschutz Medical Campus

Practice Innovation Program

School of Medicine

Virtual MAT Learning Series

Expert Support

Monthly Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Forum:

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Virtual Colorado MOUD Learning Forum

Denver Health Learning Collaborative

Induction Basics

Practice Innovation Program

Virtual MAT Learning Series

Expert Support

Monthly Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Forum:

Zoom Link

Virtual Colorado MOUD Learning Forum

Medications for alcohol use disorder - David Mendez MD FASAM -May 14, 2025

Harm reduction and how to incorporate into practice - David Mendez, MD - April 9 2025

Urine toxicology testing and how to utilize them in clinical practice, David Mendez, MD - March 12, 2025

Buprenorphine inductions – tips and tricks for low dose and high dose inductions - David Mendez MD FASAM - 2/12/25

Intro to addiction medicine - Dr. Klie January 8, 2025

High and low dose inductions of buprenorphine - David Mendez, MD - December 11th, 2024

Nicotine - David, Mendez, MD - October 9, 2024

Stimulant Use Disorder Guidelines - July 10, 2024

Harm Reduction for Stimulant Use Disorder David Mendez, MD - June 12th, 2024

Understanding the stages of change in addiction - David Mendez, MD - February 14th, 2024

Navigating Adolescent Addiction, Sukhmeet Sandhu, MD - January 10th, 2024

MOUD Updates - Use and Treatment - JK Costello, MD,MPH - October 11, 2023

Unhealthy Alcohol Use - Carolyn Swenson - September 14th, 2023

Reducing Harms and Improving Outcomes - Ryan Jackman, MD - August 9th, 2023

Harm Reduction - David Mendez, MD - July 12, 2023

Urine Drug Testing - David Mendez, MD - May 10th, 2023

Buprenorphine 101 - David Mendez, MD - April 12th, 2023

Medications for OUD - David Mendez, MD - March 8th, 2023

Navigating Recovery - David Mendez, MD -January 11, 2023

CDC Clinical Practice Guideline ​for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, Ally Costello MD, MBA -December 14, 2022

Urine Drug Testing - David Mendez, MD -November 9, 2022

Clinical Case - David Mendez, MD -August 17, 2022

Implementing Harm Reduction - David Mendez, MD -May 18, 2022

Tobacco Use Disorder - David Mendez, MD -April 20, 2022

Harm Reduction - David Mendez, MD -March 16, 2022

Stimulant use disorders - David Mendez, MD -February 22, 2022

Fentanyl - David Mendez, MD - January 19, 2022

Medications for OUD​ - David Mendez, MD - November 17, 2021

MAT selection: Naltrexone, Buprenorphine or Methadone (incl CO-SLAW intro)

Stimulant Use: Current State of the Evidence

Cannabis; Weighing the Evidence Behind the Risks and Benefits;

Urine Toxicology Testing

The Difficult Patient

Addiction and Chronic Pain What to Do When They Run Together?

Medication Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder

Discontinuation (Successful Termination) of MAT - Relapse Prevention/Management & Recovery

Case Presentations

Counseling/Therapy When to Engage May 2021

Addiction Counselor and MAT Prescriber July 2021

Differentiation and treatment of psychotic disorders and methamphetamine use August 2021

Non-opioid pain management September 2021

Denver Health Learning Collaborative

Recovery Housing

Methamphetamine Use and Cognitive Dysfunction

Harm Reduction, Syringe Access, And Safe Injection

Vaping, The New Tobacco Crisis

Jail to Community MAT

The Involuntary Commitment Process

Outpatient Management of Alcohol Use Disorder: What's the Evidence?

Insomnia and Substance Use Disorders

Addiction Treatment during COVID-19: ASAM Resources

Denver Public Health COVID 19 Update

Buprenorphine update: Micro-dosing & Pain Treatment

Does my patient on chronic opioids have pain, opioid use disorder, or both?

Induction Basics

Induction Basics: Tips from the Trenches, Lesley Brooks, MD January 14th, 2020

Practice Innovation Program