Chronic Pain and opioids
Purpose: Helping clinicians and their teams provide enhanced pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment for chronic pain in medical settings
Audience: Clinicians (prescribing MD, DO, NP, PA), nurses, social workers, pharmacists, behavioral health specialists, practice managers, and quality improvement specialists
Sample topics: Pain education; Movement and pacing for chronic pain; Buprenorphine and pain; Recognize, diagnose, and treat mood disorders in; patients with chronic pain; Resiliency
Schedule: 12 sessions. Tuesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Pacific time, January 6 - March 31, 2026
Faculty:
Catriona Buist, PsyD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, OHSU
Briana Susteric, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics Section of AM, OHSU
Debra BuffaloBoy, CADCII, PWS, PSS; President of MHACBO board of directors; owner and administrator, Multicultural Consultants Limited; clinical peer supervisor
Erin Jobst, DPT, PhD, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, OSU
