Addiction Medicine AOC

The Addiction Medicine Track is designed to provide motivated residents opportunities to:

• Learn the natural history, diagnosis and treatment of substance use disorders

• Work in our acute detoxification center, inpatient treatment facility for pregnant women and in the local methadone maintenance center.

• Learn about the social and economic costs of addiction disorders

• Understand the history of drug addiction in the United States

• Learn harm reduction techniques

• Understand the fetal effects of prenatal substance use

• Work with chemically dependent pregnant women in the OB outreach clinic and on our inpatient unit

• Work and learn from core Family Medicine faculty certified in Addiction Medicine

• Be a resource for your community

Residents will complete two electives in Addiction Medicine, attend a national conference and develop a presentation on a selected topic.