Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
As part of the twice-monthly MA OBAT ECHO® series, Charmaine Lastimoso, MSN, NP-C, MPH, CARN-AP, will describe the relationship between substance use disorders and brain injuries. She will also recognize the impact of brain injury on fundamental cognitive skills and identify screening and treatment needs for patients with brain injury. The didactic session will be followed by a de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO® participant, along with recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees.
Boston Medical Center's (BMC) 12-part Massachusetts Office Based Addiction Treatment ECHO® (MA OBAT ECHO®) offers training and support in addiction treatment, with a focus on comprehensive care for patients with substance use disorders (SUDs). The free, case-based tele-mentoring program is designed to increase the capacity of primary care teams to integrate addiction treatment using a multidisciplinary care model.
Intended audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
Speakers
Charmaine Lastimoso, MSN, NP-C, MPH, CARN-AP
Charmaine is an assistant professor of medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and a recent graduate of an adult nurse practitioner fellowship with the Harvard Medical School Interprofessional Palliative Care Fellowship Program. She spends most of her clinical time at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute on the inpatient palliative care consult team and the outpatient clinic, with additional rotations in community-based palliative care. She also provides transitional, low-barrier substance use disorder care at Faster Paths to Treatment, Boston Medical Center's SUD urgent care center. Charmaine was previously a Clinical Nurse Educator for BMC’s Grayken Center for Training and Technical Assistance, where she contributed to peer-reviewed publications, evidence-based clinical guidelines, development and delivery of continuing education programs, and other resources for providers supporting patients with substance use disorder. She has also worked at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program as a respite and primary care provider and has conducted research on the healthcare needs of historically underserved populations.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will have the knowledge to:
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Describe the relationship between substance use disorders and brain injuries.
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Recognize the impact of brain injury on fundamental cognitive skills.
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Identify screening and treatment needs for patients with brain injury.
Sponsored by
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS).
Accreditation information
Please read the Accreditation Information section of the training registration page for more information and to learn about the requirements for receiving credit or a certificate of completion.
Audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
