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.
Initiatives:
Harm ReductionNaloxone
Safe Use Supplies
Pain Management
Dentistry Pain Management
OB Pain Management
Opioid Prescribing
Pediatrics Pain Management
Surgery Pain Management
Prevention
Safe Storage and Disposal
Stigma Reduction
Substance Use Disorder
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
SUD Surgical Care
Youth Engagement
OPEN Teen
Painless: The Opioid Musical
Standardized SUD Screening in Acute Care
This free, 1-hour CME course will discuss OPEN’s evidence-based work in selecting a screening tool, how to implement a standardized screening process, and ways providers can intervene to connect patients to treatment.
Bringing Our Patients COMFORT: Implementation of a New Clinical Practice Guideline for Pain Management after Childbirth
This free, 1-hour CME course will discuss the latest evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for pain management after childbirth, which promotes excellent pain control, reduces harmful opioid prescribing and more equitable, patient-centered care.
Voices of Resilience: Personal Stories Breaking the Stigma of Substance Use Disorder
This free, 1.5-hour CME course will discuss stigma and give examples of success stories, recovery journeys, and the importance of seeking treatment for SUD.
Optimizing Maternal and Neonatal Health: Strategies for Screening, Diagnosing, and Treating Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
This 1-hour training focuses on actionable strategies for screening, diagnosing, and treating substance use disorder in pregnancy.
Strategies for Managing Complex Pain During Clinic Closures
This free, 1-hour CME course focuses on actionable strategies for managing complex pain during clinic closures.
Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Training in the ED
This free 1.75-hour CME course will explain and illustrate the fundamentals of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and successfully and safely prescribe MOUD in the Emergency Department.
Hepatitis C Virus – Part 3: Post Treatment
This free, 45-minute CME course will discuss post treatment Hepatitis C monitoring.
Hepatitis C Virus – Part 2: HCV Treatment
This free, 1 hour CME course will review treatment options and monitoring for Hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C Virus – Part 1: Epidemiology and Screening
This free, 30-minute CME course will discuss the epidemiology and screening around Hepatitis C.
Novel Psychoactive Substance of 2023
This free, 1 hour CME course will discuss an overview of Novel Psychoactive Substances.
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.