Office of Interprofessional Education will host March 23 event focusing on substance use disorder

The Office of Interprofessional Education (IPE) will be hosting an event focused on substance use disorder (SUD) and the associated stigma on Monday, March 23, 2020, as part of a year-long interprofessional education curriculum for students at the Health Sciences Center.

The session will be begin with a presentation highlighting one physician’s personal experience with substance use disorder from 4 to 5 p.m. in Okey Patteson Auditorium with overflow in Fukishima Auditorium. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend the session.

Students will then move to their break-out rooms for a patient care simulation activity focused on SUD from 5 to 6 p.m. 

This event is being funded through a grant from the West Virginia Bureau for Behavioral Health.