Addiction Medicine Curriculum

We provide robust training for our residents in addiction medicine beginning in their intern year. Learning opportunities include 1 dedicated week in intern year and additional experiences are longitudinal throughout all three years. Residents can also opt to spend elective time in our addiction medicine specialty clinic as well as at low barrier buprenorphine clinics in Centralia and Olympia.

By the end of their training, residents have gained great experience in the outpatient management of:

• Alcohol Use Disorder
• Methamphetamine Use Disorder
• Opiate Use Disorder
• Hepatitis C

Our addiction medicine curriculum also includes:

• Buprenorphine training early in R1 year
• Didactics and workshops throughout all three years
• Caring for patients in our Outpatient Based Opioid Treatment specialty clinic at Chehalis Family Medicine
• Caring for patients through our community partnerships with Gather Church's Meds First Low Barrier Buprenorphine clinic and syringe exchange as well as with Olympia Buprenorphine Clinic
• Participation in community partnership with Lewis County Drug Court