Addiction Medicine for Non-Specialists Course from 12 Named Faculty
Oakstone Addiction Medicine for Non-Specialists 2019 is an addiction medicine for non-specialists course from Oakstone’s Specialty Review series, packaged as 14 focused video lectures plus 1 accompanying PDF. Twelve named faculty each cover a single topic, from initial management of unhealthy alcohol and drug use to opioid prescribing and infectious complications of the opioid crisis.
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14Video Lectures
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1PDF Guide
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12Faculty Speakers
Inside this resource
Foundations & Initial Management
David Fiellin, MD opens with addiction as a progressive relapsing chronic disease, Richard Saitz, MD, MPH covers identification and initial management of unhealthy alcohol and other drug use, and Christopher W. Shanahan, MD, MPH, FACP covers harm reduction including overdose prevention.
Acute Care & Substance-Specific Treatment
Zoe M. Weinstein, MD, MS covers management of acute intoxication, withdrawal, and perioperative care; Richard Saitz, MD, MPH returns for alcohol use disorder assessment and treatment; Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH covers opioids; Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc covers stimulants; and Tae Woo Park, MD covers benzodiazepine use disorder.
Life-Stage & Pain-Related Care
Nicholas Chadi, MD, MPH covers substance use across the life span with a focus on adolescents, Hasmeena Kathuria, MD covers tobacco and nicotine management, and Phoebe A. Cushman, MD, MS covers pain and addiction diagnosis and treatment.
Psychiatric Comorbidity, Prescribing & Infectious Disease
John A. Renner, Jr., MD covers addiction and psychiatric co-morbidity, Christopher W. Shanahan, MD, MPH, FACP returns for office-based safer opioid prescribing, and Benjamin Linas, MD covers infectious consequences of the opioid crisis.
Who this serves
- Non-specialist clinicians — the course targets clinicians who see patients with unhealthy alcohol or drug use, whether or not it’s the primary complaint.
- Primary care and family medicine physicians — the product’s source category listing includes Family Medicine alongside Addiction Medicine.
- Clinicians who prefer focused, single-topic lectures — each of the 14 lectures is taught by one named faculty member on one specific topic.
Faculty & syllabus
Faculty 12 speakers
- David Fiellin, MD — Addiction: a progressive relapsing chronic disease.
- Richard Saitz, MD, MPH — Identification and initial management of unhealthy alcohol and other drug use; alcohol use disorder assessment and treatment.
- Christopher W. Shanahan, MD, MPH, FACP — Harm reduction including overdose and its prevention; office-based systems for safer opioid prescribing.
- Zoe M. Weinstein, MD, MS — Management of acute intoxication, withdrawal, early recovery, and perioperative care.
- Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH — Opioids: pharmacologic, medical, and behavioral characteristics and long-term management.
- Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc — Stimulants: pharmacologic, medical, and behavioral characteristics and long-term management.
- Tae Woo Park, MD — Benzodiazepine use disorder.
- Nicholas Chadi, MD, MPH — Substance use across the life span, with a focus on adolescent alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis use.
- Hasmeena Kathuria, MD — Tobacco/nicotine: pharmacologic, medical, and behavioral characteristics and long-term management.
- Phoebe A. Cushman, MD, MS — Pain and addiction: diagnosis, treatment, and management.
- John A. Renner, Jr., MD — Addiction and psychiatric co-morbidity.
- Benjamin Linas, MD — Value-driven priorities for addressing infectious consequences of the opioid crisis.
Before you buy
What’s included in the download?
You get 14 video lectures plus 1 accompanying PDF, each covering one focused addiction-medicine topic taught by its own named faculty member.
Is this the same as Oakstone’s newer non-specialists course?
No — this is Oakstone’s original 2019 Specialty Review, a separate, shorter 14-lecture edition distinct from Oakstone’s expanded 2025 Addiction Medicine for Non-Specialists program.
The chart
| Format | Streamed video lectures + PDF |
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| Duration | 14 videos · 1 PDF |
| Faculty | 12 speakers |
| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Oakstone |
| Department | Addiction Medicine |
| Delivery | Instant download after checkout · lifetime re-access |
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