Continuity Clinic

Using psychosocial interventions and pharmacologic approaches, you’ll provide care for your own panel of patients during your yearlong continuity clinic.

Supervised by our faculty, you’ll train in our department’s addiction medicine practice, which integrates addiction management into the primary care setting.

You’ll develop your skills assessing and managing patients as you establish your identity as a practicing addiction medicine physician.

We’ll pair you with a dedicated faculty preceptor who will guide your progress throughout the year.

Your responsibilities will include:

performing physical and mental status exams
completing comprehensive addiction assessments
using lab tests, including urine and toxicology screenings, to monitor patients’ conditions
managing bupenorphrine induction
demonstrating familiarity with the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria
collaborating with local referral sources, including outpatient addiction services
reporting on patients’ progress to drug courts
reviewing continuing care and discharge criteria
understanding drug-drug interactions

Caseload

30 patients at a minimum

Patient Population

even gender split
16-80 years old, with a mean age of 35
70 percent Caucasian
20 percent African-American
10 percent Hispanic
typical diagnoses: opiate/alcohol dependence, chronic pain, personality/mood disorders
patients include pregnant women, individuals with coexisting medical problems