IOTOD Spring webinar

19 January 2022

Following on from the success of our autumn webinar and annual conference, we are pleased to announce that the IOTOD Spring webinar ‘Improving outcomes for opioid-dependent women: addressing problems, perceptions and practices within treatment services and beyond’ will be taking place on Wednesday 23^rd February 19:00 GMT on Zoom.

This spring educational session will be led by Australian-based Dr Shalini Arunogiri and joined by Dr Bern Hard who is based in the U.K. This webinar will be looking at the problems faced by opioid-dependent women and their specific needs from treatment services. Furthermore, to share best practice approaches for transferring female patients on daily dose methadone or buprenorphine to long-acting buprenorphine (LAB) and the associated benefits of these treatment formulations in this patient population. The event will conclude with a lively Q&A session.

Accessing our community of healthcare professionals via our media brands Pulse, Nursing in Practice, The Pharmacist, Hospital Pharmacy Europe and Hospital Healthcare Europe, as well as the well-established IOTOD community, the IOTOD Spring webinar welcomes addiction specialists, psychiatrists, GPs, community pharmacists, primary care nurses and other healthcare professional managing patients with opioid dependence and associated comorbidities. 

The IOTOD webinar ‘Improving outcomes for opioid-dependent women: addressing problems, perceptions and practices within treatment services and beyond’ is supported by grant funding from Camurus. The educational programme is run at arm’s length from the financial supporters and all content is created by the faculty. No funder has had input into the content of the materials or presentations used in the educational programme. PCM Scientific is the medical education company acting as scientific secretariat and webinar organiser.