Overview

What Can We Learn from our Founders about the Opioid Epidemic?

July 26, 2018
Noon to 1:15 p.m. ET

Epidemics are not new to Catholic health care or to the Catholic Church.

For centuries, members of religious congregations have provided care and treatment for epidemics in many parts of the world. Several saints offer inspiration for us today, including Camillus de Lillis who ministered to victims of the Bubonic plague, Damien of Molokai who cared for lepers, and Teresa of Calcutta who cared for people dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis.

The opioid epidemic is the current epidemic that commands our attention and commitment. Those of us who work in the contemporary world of Catholic health care would benefit by embracing the stories and charisms of the founders who went before us. Because right now, we need to engage — and engage quickly — in our response to the opioid epidemic. We have the science, we have the strategies, but we need the fortitude and creativity to engage and sustain a response to care for ourselves and our communities.

As we build on a recent Health Progress article, Opioids — One More Epidemic for Catholic Health Care, and the inaugural Catholic Health USA podcast, Discussing the Opioid Epidemic and Health Care Disrupters, we invite you to join Fred Rottnek, MD, MAHCM, director of community medicine at Saint Louis University, in a timely ethics webinar on July 26. We will explore the inspiration of our founders and imagine their very practical calls-to-action for the opioid epidemic. Together, we must move beyond thoughts and prayers to action and advocacy.

Objectives

At the completion of this webinar, participants will:

Apply the charisms of our systems' founding orders and the missions of our institutions to motivate ourselves and our institutions to action in the opioid epidemic
Identify and collaborate with community members who are effectively working with our patients and community members who are negatively affected by opioids and other addictions
Act. Lead. Advocate.

REGISTRATION

July 26, 2018
Noon - 1:15 p.m. ET

Registration Fee:
CHA Members: Free
Non-member: $100

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Who Should Attend

This event is relevant for mission leaders, ethicists, ethics committees, physicians, nurses, clinicians, pastoral care, social service, community benefit and senior leadership teams.

Speaker

Fred Rottnek, MD, MAHCM
Professor and the Director of Community Medicine and
Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis

Fred Rottnek, MD, MAHCM, is professor and director of community medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and medical director of the Physician Assistant Program. He is a graduate of the Saint Louis University School of Medicine and the Master of Arts in Health Care Mission Program at Aquinas Institute of Theology. He is board-certified in family medicine and addiction medicine. He serves on the boards of the Saint Louis Regional Health Commission, St. Louis' Criminal Justice Ministry, and Alive and Well Communities. Recently he joined the Assisted Recovery Centers of American (ARCA) as medical director. He is currently working to promote training, practice, and establishment of a SLU Fellowship in Addiction Medicine.

Certificate of Attendance

Please note: CHA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEU) for any programs. Participants will receive an email with information on how to acquire a Certificate of Attendance following the program (typically included in the program evaluation email). Certificates of Attendance may be submitted to relevant organizations that accept proof of contact hours as credit. These include:

American College of Healthcare Executives: American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) members may self-report qualifying CEUs using the contact hour information provided on their CHA Certificate of Attendance. To self-report, log in as a member on the ACHE site; use the link on the left-hand side to self-report applicable contact hours for CEU credit.

NACC Board Certified Chaplains: National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) board certified chaplain members may self-report their continuing education hours (CEH's) using the contact hours information provided on their CHA Certificate of Attendance.

For further information regarding Certificates of Attendance, please contact CHA's Programs and Learning Department at [email protected].

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Participant / Site Coordinator Role

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More information

Can't Participate in the Live Event?

If your schedule doesn't permit you to participate in the live event, please register so that you will automatically receive a link to the archived version of the webinar.

Contact

For more information, contact CHA Service Center or Fr. Charles Bouchard, OP, S.T.D., CHA senior director of theology and ethics.

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