Polysubstance ECHO: Comprehensive Care for Polysubstance Use Disorder – Low Threshold Treatment
A 2024 CDC report found that nearly 50% of all drug overdose deaths involved multiple substances. Treatment of Polysubstance use disorder is both complex and challenging in an ever-changing illicit substance climate. Join the ME SUD Learning Community to learn the latest in evidence-based practices for Polysubstance Use Disorder, and best meet the unique needs of patients.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will explore the current climate of illicit substances
- Participants will examine evidence-based practices that are designed to improve patient retention and treatment outcomes
- Participants will learn how to incorporate trauma-informed, patient-centered, low-barrier practices in the treatment of Polysubstance Use Disorder.
Join us on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays between September 3 and December 3, 2026.
Session 1: September 3 – Stephanie Vail, PharmD, MPH, BCPP, FCCP – Pharmacology Overview of Various Substances
Session 2: September 17 – Ellyse Fredericks – Low Threshold Treatment
Session 3: October 1 – Josh McQueen, LCSW, LADC, CCS – Contingency Management and Polysubstance Use Disorder
Session 4: October 15 – Rachel Solotaroff, MD, MCR – Polysubstance Withdrawal Management in the Real World: Beyond Protocol Silos
Session 5: November 5 – Eric Haram, LADC – Quality Improvement Strategies for Programs Addressing Substance
Session 6: November 19 – Rachel Solotaroff, MD, MCR – Designing Low-Barrier Withdrawal Management and Alternative Care Pathways
Session 7: December 3 – Kinna Thakarar, DO, MPH and Gregory Dudzik, MD, MPH – Drug Checking
Audience:
Prescribing Clinicians and their teams
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
This course has been approved by Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine (CCSME), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1 educational credits. NAADAC Provider #324712, CCSME is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
Contact Hours 1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
Speaker
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Ellyse Fredericks
