Presenter: Swathi Anche, MD, Resident, Department of Family Medicine
Moderator: Richard Blondell, MD, Vice Chair for Addiction Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Topics addressed:
• Definitions related to substance use and abuse
• Culture and patterns of substance use and abuse
• Cultural aspects of clinical assessment
• Substance-specific history
• Addiction and patients’ cultural function
• Culture, treatment and recovery
• Conclusions
CME: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Arthur Weissman, MD
Email: aw@buffalo.edu
Phone: (716) 884-9101