Education + Training
Welcome to your go-to hub for training resources—where certainty meets compassion, and knowledge becomes your power. We recognize the value of time and the growing demand for trustworthy, easily accessible education. That’s why we’re here – to provide you with the latest evidence-based training resources and valuable insights all in a single location.
OPEN offers a wide range of trainings on the cutting edge of research that highlights best practices for healthcare professionals, patients and their families. Our goal? To equip individuals and communities with the necessary skills and information to effectively prevent and address substance use, promoting a world where health and wellness are within everyone’s reach.
DEA SUD Training Requirement
All of our education and training credits count toward your DEA Substance Use Disorder Training requirement. For further details on this 8-hour requirement, review the MATE Training Letter and visit ACCME or SAMHSA.
Alcohol Use Disorders: Epidemiology and Clinical Best Practices
This free, 1 hour CME course will discuss Alcohol Use Disorder including best practices for screening and brief interventions in clinical or community health settings.
Kratom, Aggression and Psychosis
This free, 1 hour CME course will discuss what Kratom is and why people use it, diagnosis, and treatment for Kratom use.
Post X-Waiver: Improving Buprenorphine Access at the Community Pharmacy
This free, 1 hour CME course will discuss general prescribing practices, barriers encountered by patients and pharmacists, and strategies to overcoming these barriers when dispensing buprenorphine prescriptions.
SUD/MOUD in Our Communities, Break the Stigma to Break the Cycle
This free, 1 hour CME course will discuss the stigmas associated with SUD and OUD within Michigan communities and steps we can take to mitigate the effects.
Buprenorphine for Pain in the Setting of Terminal Disease
This free, 45-minute CME course will review buprenorphine and guidance for how to use this medication to manage chronic and malignant pain.
Taking a Sexual History: Learning to Start PreP
This free, 15-minute CME course will review the importance of PrEP.
Xylazine: What We Know, What We Don’t and What We Can Do Now
This free, 1-hour CME course will discuss the fundamentals of Xylazine.
Substance Use and Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders
This free, 1-hour CME course will discuss different types of co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders and best practices for management.
Great MOMs: Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy
This free, 1-hour CME course will discuss the background of GREAT MOMs and treating pregnant people with OUD.
Substance Use During Adolescence: An Overview of Trends, Risk Factors and Consequences
This free, 1 hour CME course will discuss the trends, risk factors and findings of substance use during adolescence.
Telehealth for Substance Use Disorder Treatment in a Post-Pandemic World
This free, 1-hour CME course will discuss telehealth for SUD treatment, post COVID-19 pandemic.
A Modern Understanding of the Addicted Brain
This free, 1-hour CME course outlines the basics the human brain works and how substance use alters normal brain function.
Enhancing Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
This free, 1-hour CME course will discuss barriers to accessing MOUD and low-barriers practices that can enhance access to MOUD treatment.
Stigma & Substance Use Disorders
This free, 1-hour CME course will discuss stigma and how this impacts substance use disorder.
Take A.C.T.I.O.N. Naloxone Training
Take our Naloxone Training and learn how to take A.C.T.I.O.N to reverse an overdose.
Perioperative Pain Management and Care Coordination for Surgeons CE Course
This free, 3-hour CE course will empower surgical providers to directly impact the opioid epidemic by learning best-practice care strategies.
Perioperative Pain Management and Care Coordination for Primary Care Providers CE Course
This free, 3-hour CE course will empower primary care providers to directly impact the opioid epidemic by learning best-practice care strategies.
Pain Management in Dentistry CE Course
This free, 3-hour CE course will empower dental providers to directly impact the opioid epidemic by learning best-practice care strategies.
Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers
This free, 16-hour CE course will empower non-prescribing providers to directly impact the opioid epidemic through increased knowledge and tools to transform practice and policies.