Free Training is Being Offered for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care

 Continuing education credits are available for this no-cost training.  Nine modules on topics that include pregnancy care for patients with substance use disorder and the increasing rates of hepatitis C are provided by the University of Rochester Recovery Center of Excellence, one of three FORHP-supported Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorders.

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