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The Role of Buprenorphine in the Clinical Setting: MOUD and Chronic Pain – Part 2

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (CDT)

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Join us for session 2 of the series "Becoming Comfortable with Buprenorphine and MOUD" with Dr. Uthe.

In Session 2, the discussion of incorporating Buprenorphine into clinical practice for persons with Opioid Use Disorders and/or Chronic Pain will be continued.  We will explore challenges and obstacles experienced by clinicians in maintaining a practice that includes buprenorphine management. 

Objectives:

  1. Reinforce the need to review benefits and risks of controlled substances at every visit and provide appropriate documentation in each encounter.
  2. Review challenges and obstacles experienced in the clinical setting when providing ongoing buprenorphine maintenance and management.
  3. Consider the impact of other health conditions on the approach taken in buprenorphine management. 

Session 3 is May 27

The Role of Buprenorphine in the Clinical Setting: Latest research on buprenorphine use in other medical conditions

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Presenter: Craig Uthe, MD, Sanford Health

Craig Uthe, MD is a board-certified family physician with the American Board of Family Medicine and a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is the Medical Director of Professional Well-Being at Sanford Health and the Chief Well-Being Officer for the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.

For over twenty-five years, Dr. Uthe has been a medical advisor to the SD Health Professionals Assistance Program, an organization that provides management services to health care professionals with potentially impairing illnesses & addictions.

Dr. Uthe and his wife, Joyce, have three grown children and, more importantly, two grandsons, Luciano and Leonardo, who they enjoy spoiling upon every opportunity.