William Carpenter – Substance Use Disorders in Healthcare Professionals

Course Description

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Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize the prevalence of substance use along with the most common substances of abuse in healthcare professionals.
2. Know predisposing risk factors and/or common comorbidities.
3. Be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of substance use disorders in the workforce.
4. Know how to personally get help and/or how to help a colleague.
5. Be familiar with the role of a physician health program.

Dr. William Carpenter completed his undergraduate education at St. Louis University, followed by medical school at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Psychiatry residency at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO in 2016. He currently practices as a full-time psychiatrist at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, MO and also serves as the medical director for MAOPS physician and health professional wellness program as well as the medical director for BHG, an opioid use disorder treatment center, in Kansas City.

Dr. Carpenter discloses that he has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program or presentation.   He also discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests relative to the content of this presentation.