Drug Diversion Training
Author: Jassin M. Jouria, MD
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Jassin M. Jouria, MD
Jassin M. Jouria is a medical doctor, professor of academic medicine, and medical author. He graduated from Ross University School of Medicine and has completed his clinical clerkship training in various teaching hospitals throughout New York, including King’s County Hospital Center and Brookdale Medical Center, among others. Dr. Jouria has served as a test prep tutor and instructor for Kaplan. He has developed several medical courses and curricula for a variety of educational institutions. Dr. Jouria has also served on multiple levels in the academic field including faculty member and Department Chair. Dr. Jouria continues to serves as a Subject Matter Expert for several continuing education organizations covering multiple basic medical sciences.
CE:
3
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Pharmacotherapeutics Credits: 0
Related to prescribing controlled substances: 0
Course Summary
Increasingly, health team members are required to update their knowledge and practices to recognize and prevent drug diversion. The rise in public access to information about disease cures and, in particular, by drug diverters, has led to heightened challenges and surveillance measures. Current federal and state laws require health administrators to develop drug diversion prevention programs that include mandatory training by all employees to recognize and report abuse in the workplace. This course will provide learning for nurses and all health employees required to follow regulation of controlled substances and to recognize and report the signs of drug diversion.
Course Format
Homestudy
Course Syllabus
- Introduction
- Definition
- Scope of the problem
- Most Commonly Diverted Drugs
- Opioids
- Pseudoephedrine and Ephedrine
- Dextromethorphan
- Non-Opioid Depressants
- Stimulants
- Doctor Shopping
- Characteristics
- Monitoring systems
- False Prescriptions
- Altered prescriptions
- Forged prescriptions
- False called-in prescriptions
- Theft
- Health care staff
- Other theft
- Profiles of Drug Diverters
- General profile of drug diverters: physical and psychological
- Healthcare workers and job performance
- Prevention Strategies
- Organizational policies
- Storage and security
- Safeguards for prescribers
- Preparation and dispensing
- Inventory maintenance
- Waste disposal
- Reporting procedures
- Responding to Deception
- Support for Professionals in Recovery
- Treatment
- Returning to practice
- Summary