Clinician Resources
This page contains resources intended for clinicians, including clinical guidelines, assessment and diagnostic tools, and educational courses.
This page covers 4 main groups of substances: alcohol, cannabis, opioids, and stimulants.
Information, Guidelines, and Scales
General Information
CCENDU Bulletin - An Update on Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada and the United States (2022)
Clinical Guidelines
Clinical Learning for Clinicians
Courses and Online Certificates
Addiction Care and Treatment Online Certificate
Online course by the BCCSU that intends to improve substance use disorder knowledge and addictions care for healthcare providers.
CME accredited learning opportunities, newsletters, and the Addiction Practice Pod podcast
Provincial OAT Support Program (POATSP) Course
Free UBC CPD course (8 Mainpro+ credits) based on the BCCSU Guideline on the Management of Opioid Use Disorder. There are two workbooks available for the POATSP course.
Hospital prescriber’s workbook: https://www.bccsu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/F1.0_POATSP_Workbook_-Hospital_Dec2021.pdf
Preceptorship form: https://www.bccsu.ca/provincial-opioid-addiction-treatment-support-program-poatsp/preceptor-corner/
Links to better support your patients
Harmonized Prescription Pad Order Form
This new Rx pad harmonizes the duplicate and methadone pad.
Substance Use Service Access Team FYI and Referral Form
The Substance Use Service Access Team provides resources to family practitioners for complex patients at risk.
Elevated Overdose Risk.pdfOverdose Risk Factors
Addiction Medicine Primer 2021.pdfAddiction Medicine: What Can You Do to Help
Driving, Occupational Safety and Substance Use December 2021.pdfDriving, Occupation Safety, and Substance Use