• Event Description

  Join Colorado ROOTS for a rural addiction care symposium, featuring:

  • Expert-led presentations from addiction specialists

  • Interactive breakout sessions

  • Strategies to improve addiction care in your community

  Open to hospital and clinic staff, hospital leadership, community treatment and recovery organizations, and Opioid Abatement Council Members.

  Attendees can receive up to 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

• Agenda

  9:00–9:15 AM – Welcome
  Speaker: Mellie Ryan, BSN, RN

  9:15–10:00 AM – Transforming Rural Addiction Care: The evolving landscape of rural SUD care
  Speaker: Kevin Stansbury, MS, JD, FACHE

  10:00–10:15 AM – Storytelling #1 – Living Experience Spotlight

  10:15–11:15 AM – Breakout Sessions

  • 10:15–10:45 AM – Medications for Addiction Treatment
    Session Lead: Sean Buck, MD

  • 10:15–10:45 AM – Mapping Rural Care Pathways
    Session Leads: Kayla Garlow & Sarah Stangebye, LCSW, LAC 

  • 10:45–11:15 AM –Critical Reflections Addressing Stigma and Healing Trauma in SUD Care
    Session Lead: Anne Sprinkel

  • 10:45–11:15 AM – Integrating Addiction Care: The Business and Ethical Argument
    Session Lead: Rachel Carson, MSN, MPH, FNP-C

  11:15 AM–12:00 PM – Addiction Care 101 (for various backgrounds): Myths, fundamentals, and the evidence based best practices
  Speaker: Lindsay Shillinglaw, MMS, PA-C, Psych CAQ

  12:00–1:00 PM – Lunch & Networking

  1:00–4:00 PM – Education by Track

  Community & Leadership

  • 1:00–2:00 PM – Strategic Communication in Rural Health Systems: Aligning Staff, Leadership, and Community
    Speaker: Aidan Hettler, MSHCT

  • 2:00–3:00 PM – Rural State of the Nation: Risks and Practical Mitigation Strategies
    Speaker: Zachary D'Argonne, LCSW, RHCEOC

  • 3:00–4:00 PM – Strengthening Behavioral Health Medicaid Changes: Opportunities for Rural Care in Colorado
    Speaker: Cristen Bates, MPH

  Clinical

  • 1:00–2:00 PM – Therapeutic Reconciliation: Repairing the Clinical Relationship
    Speaker: Don Stader, MD, FACEP, FASAM

  • 2:00–3:00 PM – Inspiring Change through Motivational Interviewing
    Speaker: Josh Blum, MD, FACP, FASAM

  • 3:00–4:00 PM – MOUD/MAT Best Practices
    Speakers: Sean Buck, MD & Susan Bradley, PharmD, JM

  3:45–4:00 PM – Break

  4:00–4:15 PM – Storytelling #2 – Living Experience Spotlight

  4:15–5:00 PM – Closing Keynote: The Next Era of Addiction Medicine: Elevating Rural Clinical Excellence
  Speaker: Don Stader, MD, FACEP, FASAM

Registration is required. Hotel rooms are available to book at a discounted rate for attendees.

Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS) through the joint providership of Compass Healthcare Collaborative (Compass) and Stade Opioid Consultants. Compass Healthcare Collaborative (Compass) is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation: Compass Healthcare Collaborative (Compass) designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support: This activity was developed without support from any ineligible company. *The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: Compass Healthcare Collaborative (Compass) adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. The content of this activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. None of the planners or moderators for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing products used by or on patients.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are accepted for nursing and other healthcare discipline license renewal purposes, provided the topic is relevant to the applicant’s field or discipline. After participating, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance detailing the number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ you can claim. This certificate is provided for self-reporting requirements and must be submitted to your state board for license renewal. Compass always recommends checking with your state board to confirm the acceptance of credit.