Description
In order to prepare for the discussion, spend about 40-45 minutes reading the brief articles (1-2 pages) and watching the brief clips/TED Talks.
Make note of your overall impression about doctors being on the frontline as part of the solution to the opoid crisis. Be ready to pose a discussion question to your group during class time tomorrow. .
Use bullet points and make questions to ask the class
1. Brief Article: Changing emergency doctors’ behaviors to promote wider use of medication for opioid use disorder
Changing emergency doctors’ behaviors to promote wider use of medication for opioid use disorder
2. Brief Article: Front Lines of the Epidemic
https://health.ucdavis.edu/health-magazine/issues/summer2019/noteworthy/opioid-epidemic.html
3. Doctors Talk Solutions – 3 minute video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVD_SU1dgO8
4. Dr. Chris Johnson – 20 minute TED Talk – pay special attention to the end when the doctor suggest 2 solutions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLj9VMhDHeQ
5. The Departments of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine are taking the lead in the fight against Opioid : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M86VhLfcV0Q
6. Dr. Sharon Levy – Pediatrician – Dr. Sharon Levy – 9 min. Opioid Addiction Is Treatable. Why Aren’t We Doing It? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVTsbuQucmY