Substance Use Disorders and the Pregnant and Postpartum Mother/Infant Dyad: A Symposium to Enhance lnterprofessional Practice

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The overall purpose of this Symposium is to provide state-of-the-art education and training to health care providers in both hospital and community settings around the compassionate and evidence-based care of pregnant and post-partum women who are using licit and illicit substances and their substance-exposed infants.

Hospital-based health care workers and providers who interact with and provide care to pregnant and post-partum women with substance use disorders and with their substance-exposed infants in outpatient and inpatient hospital settings and community programs. This includes the full range of health care workers such as medical office assistants, nursing staff, social workers, advanced practice providers, PAs and physicians, as well as community-based health care workers and providers.

• List three strategies for providing compassionate care to women with substance use disorders (SUDs).
• Describe the short- and long-term developmental and behavioral consequences in infants exposed to prenatal substances.
• Describe the management of co-morbid mental health concerns, infections, and substance use disorders in pregnant and postpartum women using substances.

• 8 a.m. | Breakfast and Registration
• 8:45 a.m. | Introduction and Welcome
  Richard Legro, MD
  Sheryl Ryan, MD
  Yatin Vyas, MBBS, MD
• 9 a.m. | Plenary Speaker: Providing Evidence-Based Compassionate Care to Pregnant and Post-Partum Women With Substance Use Disorders
  Hendree Jones, PhD
• 10 a.m. | The Maternal SUD Program at Penn State
  John Dougherty, MD
• 10:45 a.m. | Break
  
• 11 a.m. | Plenary Speaker: Prenatal Substance Exposure and Developmental Outcomes
  Rina Eiden, PhD
• 11:45 a.m. | Question and Answer Panel
  Rina Eiden, PhD
  John Dougherty, MD
  Hendree Jones, PhD
• 12:15 p.m. | Lunch
• 1:30 p.m. | Panel Presentation and Discussion: The Challenges of Screening for and Reporting Substance Use During Pregnancy and Plans of Safe Care
  Taffy Anderson, MD
  Tammy Corr, DO
  Channing Griffith, MSW, LSW
  Marisa McClellan, Esq
• 2:30 p.m. | Question and Answer
• 2:45 p.m. | Break and Move to Breakout Sessions
• 3 p.m. | Breakout Session 1  
  
  The Treatment of Co-Morbid Mental Health Conditions During Pregnancy
  Marissa Beal, DO
  
  Assessment and Treatment of NOWS: Birth Through Early Childhood
  Tammy Corr, DO
  
  No Longer an Aberrancy: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy
  Bhavna Bali, MD
• 3:45 p.m. | Move to Breakout Sessions
• 4 p.m. | Breakout Session 2
  
  Screening and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Harm Reduction in Women with SUDs
  Jonathan Nunez, MD
  
  Interdisciplinary Community-Based Approaches and Resources To Support Parenting Women With SUDs
  CJ Bissonette
  Amanda Jernigan, LCSW
  
  Cannabis, Alcohol and Nicotine Use and Breastfeeding
  Sheryl Ryan, MD
• 4:45 p.m. | Final Remarks and Adjournment
  Taffy Anderson, MD
  Sheryl Ryan, MD

AMA

Penn State College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Penn State College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses Using AMA

Nurses will receive a certificate from Penn State College of Medicine verifying their participation in 5.75 hours of approved continuing medical education. Continuing education activities which are approved by accredited institutions of higher education and that are relevant to patient care or professional nursing meet the requirements of mandatory continuing education for registered nurses in Pennsylvania, as required by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing. The Board of Nursing recommends that nurses retain their certificates for a period of at least five years. Additional information is available through the State Board of Nursing at: https://ce.med.psu.edu/nurse-credits

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