Opioid Response Network: Dental SBIRT Course Now Available

The Opioid Response Network is making available a new dental curriculum on SBIRT (screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment), an evidence-based approach to managing patients with or at risk of developing a substance use disorder (SUD).

The curriculum was developed for dentists by the ORN grant through a collaboration with the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the Division on Substance Use Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NYSPI.

This is a standardized core curriculum in SUDs and SBIRT, designed for U.S. dental schools.

The curriculum consists of three core modules supported by resource and reference materials:  

Module 1: Foundational Knowledge

Module 2: Case-Based Learning

Module 3: Virtual Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

It is recommended that learners proceed sequentially through the modules, beginning with Module 1. However, learners may elect to focus on a particular module depending on their interests and personal learning objectives.