As of June 27, 2023 all Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered practitioners need to attest to 8 hours of CME dedicated to Opioid Use Disorder and/or Substance Use Disorder. This is a one-time attestation for all new and renewal applications. Past trainings do count towards the 8-hour requirement. If you previously held an X-Wavier or are boarded certified in addiction medicine, no further education is required for the DEA. Read more about the New DEA training requirement here. 

If you are looking for information on the Illinois relicensure requirements, visit this page: Illinois Licensure Requirements from IDFPR.

Requirements are subject to change, and each professional is responsible for ensuring that they are meeting the requirements for their licensure.

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Below is a list of current offerings from Advocate Health to help meet the DEA education requirements. New offerings will be added, so be sure to check back often.

Online, recorded options:
 

• Buprenorphine For Opioid Use Disorder (1 hour): This course will review of the use of buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder and discuss the barriers, challenges, risks, and efficacy of buprenorphine treatment.  Although evidence from numerous studies has shown buprenorphine to be effective for the treatment of opioid use disorder, a majority of patients with opioid use disorder do not receive buprenorphine, or any other medical treatment.
   
• Emergency Department Buprenorphine Induction-EM (1 hour): This activity reviews the most recent opioid death statistics, includes patient with lived experiences videos, reviews induction of buprenorphine, the mechanism of buprenorphine and introduction of new containment xylazine. Dr. Coogan leads case scenarios to review common questions regarding buprenorphine.
   
• Opioid Use Disorder PCP Case Conference (1 hour) 15-20 minute didactic session followed by real cases with discussion led by Dr. Diana Bottari, Addiction and Pain Medicine Physician.

• The Science Behind Chronic Pain: Language Providers Can Use for Patient Education and Identification of Opioid Use (68 minutes).  This course will review the science behind chronic pain and pain modulation systems. It will also review pain catastrophizing, opioid induced hyperalgesia, and diagnostic criteria for opioid use disorder. In addition, it touches upon motivational interviewing and how it can be used in your clinic.
   
• Opioid Series - No Opioids? No Problem - EM | Advocate Health (1 hour) This course is designed to improve understanding and identification of opioid use disorder, utilizing resources within Advocate Health to aid in combating the opioid crisis, and describe safe opioid prescribing practices and monitoring.
   
• Opioid Series - Dependency Vs Opioid Use Disorder - EM | Advocate Health (1 hour) This course is designed to improve understanding and identification of opioid use disorder, utilizing resources within Advocate Health to aid in combating the opioid crisis, and describe safe opioid prescribing practices and monitoring.
   

• Opioid Series- Weaning- When to, When not to - EM | Advocate Health (1 hour) This course is designed to improve understanding and identification of opioid use disorder, utilizing resources within Advocate Health to aid in combating the opioid crisis, and describe safe opioid prescribing practices and monitoring.

•  Functional Neurologic Disorder - EM | Advocate Health (1 hour) This course is designed to improve understanding and identification of opioid use disorder, utilizing resources within Advocate Health to aid in combating the opioid crisis, and describe safe opioid prescribing practices and monitoring.

• MEDtalks: How to approach inheriting patients on controlled substances Recorded Presentation (1hour): This course is designed to review best practices for caring for patients on long-term controlled substances when you were not the initiating clinician.

Here are other resources available outside of Advocate Health to help meet the DEA education requirements:

• AMA Ed Hub: Substance Use Disorders and Addiction Education to Meet New DEA Requirements
• American College of Physicians: Pain Management Series 
• New England Journal of Medicine: Pain Management and Opioids - NEJM Knowledge 

The following materials can be accessed with an aah.org email:

• ED Mat Algorithm: AAH Opioid Resources - AAH MAT Algorithm Rev 2023.03.23.pdf - All Documents (sharepoint.com)
• Pocket Guide for MAT: AAH Opioid Resources - Medication_Assistant_PocketGuide_Final.pdf - All Documents (sharepoint.com)
• Home Induction: 
  • AAH Opioid Resources - Home Inductions Pt Instructions 4mg rev.pdf - All Documents (sharepoint.com)
  • AAH Opioid Resources - Home Inductions Pt Instructions 8mg.pdf - All Documents (sharepoint.com)