SBIRT Learning Series – Recorded (On Demand) Training

Utilizing the SBIRT Approach to Optimize Alcohol & SUD Care

This learning series is comprised of seven recorded vignettes and two optional practical skills application simulation activities that provide the key components to successfully implement SBIRT (Screening, Brief Interventions, and Referral to Treatment) a model to screen and coordinate treatment for alcohol (AUD) and substance use disorders (SUD).

The key components include screening for AUD and SUD, completing an effective brief intervention that is based on the concepts of motivational interviewing, and when needed, addressing the need for treatment for dependency.

Each recorded vignette is a different topic and is available for on demand viewing and enduring continuing education credits. Please note, Nurses and Social Workers must complete all vignettes in order to receive continuing education.

If you have questions about or need assistance with this training, please contact Sue Vos at sue.vos@miccsi.org.

Successful completion includes:

• Access the MI-CCSI Learning Management System.
• Create a New User Profile (if a new learner to the system).
• Participate in each desired learning activity.
• Complete the course evaluation after each to obtain continuing education credits.

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Session#1: Introduction to Screening, Brief Interventions, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Model

This session will provide an overview of the substance use continuum, prevalence, impacts, and the SBIRT process.

Total time: 30 minutes

Objectives:

1. Review history taking and placement in the substance use continuum.
2. State the prevalence of high-risk use and substance use disorder and the proportion of patients with SUD that receive treatment.
3. Explain the process of SBIRT and evidence for effective treatment.

Session#2: SBIRT Screening & Assessment

This session will review the alcohol and drug brief screening tools for adolescents and adults and how to maximize patient participation.

Total time: 20 minutes

Objectives:

1. Review patient selection, administration and interpretation for assessing SUD.
2. Administer and interpret AUD/SUD for adults.
3. Administer and interpret AUD/SUD for Adolescents.
4. Explain 2 key ways of maximizing patient participation in SBIRT.

Session#3: SBIRT Treatment

This session will explore pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options for alcohol use disorder (AUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD).

Total time: 30 minutes

Objectives:

1. Describe SUD treatment levels and placement criteria.
2. Enumerate the various kinds of non-pharmacological treatment.
3. Explain the various pharmacotherapy options for opioid and alcohol use disorders.

Session#4: SBIRT Motivational Interviewing Basics

This session will examine the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and key MI concepts and skills

Total time: 55 minutes

Objectives:

1. Describe the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
2. Explain Motivational Interviewing Key Concepts – Leveraging change and change talk
3. Execute MI skills of reflection, open questions, giving information, and summarizing and asking key questions

Session#5: SBIRT Brief Interventions

This session will review and demonstrate brief interventions and self-evaluation tool.

Total time: 50 minutes

Objectives:

1. Describe brief interventions and their effectiveness
2. Delineate the steps of brief interventions
3. Explain a process for assessing
4. Conduct brief interventions demo

Session#6: SBIRT Referral to Treatment

This session will explore the steps for referral and initiate treatment.

Total time: 15 minutes

Objectives:

1. Identify referral to treatment steps.
2. Using a self-evaluation tool, evaluate your performance through the interactive video responses.

Session#7: SBIRT Follow Up

This session will review barriers to durable change in substance use disorder and how to address barriers in follow up visits.

Total time: 20 minutes

Objectives:

1. Delineate the barriers to durable changes in drinking and drug use.
2. Address those barriers during follow-up visits.

Audience

This course is intended for care teams seeking to implement an approach to address substance use and alcohol use disorders through the Screening, Brief Interventions, and the Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) process.

Faculty

Richard Brown, MD, MPH

Retired Full Professor with Tenure, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. He educated more than 2,000 UW health professions and participated in a program to evaluate the effectiveness of SBIRT in eight southeastern Wisconsin high schools. He served as Clinical Director for the Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles (WIPHL) helping 40 general healthcare settings provide over 110,000 alcohol and drug screens and 25,000 interventions and elicit substantial declines in risky and problem drinking, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and healthcare costs. Dr. Brown was president of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) and a founding director of Project MAINSTREAM, a federally funded program that enhanced substance abuse education for over 10,000 trainees. After leaving the UW in 2017, Dr. Brown served as a senior medical director and director of population health management for ConcertoHealth, which improved outcomes and reduced healthcare costs for complex, dual-eligible and Medicare Advantage patients.

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COST

Members

FREE for members; FREE for non-members

Continuing Education Credits

Providers & Nurses

The AAFP has reviewed Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 01/06/2026 to 11/05/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This course is approved for up to 3.25 credits for completion of all sessions AAFP Prescribed credits.

AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.

Nursing Credit: Nurses can use the AAFP CME toward their State of Michigan licensure renewal requirements. Information on this can be found on the LARA website and through the Michigan Nurses Association (MNA) at Michigan Nursing Licensure Renewal Info

Credit Application Number: 110165

Social Workers

This training has been approved by the NASW-Michigan Chapter for 4.0 asynchronous General social work CEs.

Approval #: 20260101-CA-MICCSI

General Social Work CEs: 4.0

Approval Period: This live course is approved until 01/31/2027

MEDICAL ASSISTANTS, REGISTERED DIETITIANS, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

These participants can submit a copy of the agenda and certificate to their professional certifying entity for consideration of continuing education credits.

Conflict of Interest: There is no conflict of interest for anyone with the ability to control content for these activities.

Submit continuing education questions to Lynn Klima at lynn.klima@miccsi.org or Sue Vos at sue.vos@miccsi.org

Questions

If you have any questions, contact Lynn Klima at lynn.klima@miccsi.org or Amy Wales at amy.wales@miccsi.org.

 

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