Education & Training
Printable Resource Guides
These educational resources are designed to support healthcare providers with practical, evidence-based tools for treating substance use disorders across care settings. Resources include guides, fact sheets, job aids, and patient-facing materials.
Advanced Buprenorphine
- Best Practices and Emerging Evidence in OUD Treatment
This resource guide includes key information and resource links from the Advanced Buprenorphine Education: Best Practices and Interactive Patient Cases course. Download Resource - Extended-Release (XR) Buprenorphine Formulations
This resource compares available extended-release buprenorphine formulations, highlighting differences in dosing, administration, and clinical logistics to support informed clinical decision-making. Download Resource - Shared Medical Appointments: Enhancing OUD Treatment Success
This guide outlines the benefits, structure, and billing considerations of shared medical appointments (SMAs) in outpatient buprenorphine care to improve access, patient engagement, and financial sustainability. Download Resource
Alcohol
- Alcohol Use Disorder
This resource guide summarizes key clinical takeaways, charts, and tools to support the treatment of alcohol use disorder across care settings. Download Resource - Alcohol Use Screening, Engagement, & Treatment
This resource supports healthcare providers in conducting effective conversations about alcohol use, reducing heavy drinking, and strengthening patient engagement in evidence-based treatment. Download Resource - Understanding Alcohol Use Disorder
This fact sheet provides an overview of evidence-based treatments and practical clinical strategies for alcohol use disorder. Download Resource
Benzodiazepines
- A Patient’s Guide to Tapering Benzodiazepines
This patient-facing infographic is designed for providers to share with patients and explains benzodiazepine use and risks, the difference between dependence and addiction, and foundational principles of tapering. Download Resource
Medetomidine
- Medetomidine: Rising Adulterant in the Illicit Drug Supply
This fact sheet equips providers with essential information to recognize and treat medetomidine withdrawal syndrome. Developed February 2026. Download Resource
Tobacco
- Tobacco Use Disorder
This resource guide presents core concepts and practical tools to support effective, evidence-based treatment of tobacco use disorder. Download Resource
Treatment Courts
- Strategies for Effective Clinician Partnerships with Treatment Courts
This resource outlines strategies for clinician collaboration with treatment courts, emphasizing early use of medications for opioid use disorder to improve participant engagement and treatment outcomes. Download Resource - Treatment Courts
This job aid highlights the role of treatment courts and outlines key benefits, including interdisciplinary collaboration and improved outcomes for individuals with substance use disorders. Download Resource
Women
- Trauma-Informed Care for Women with Substance Use Disorders
This fact sheet equips providers with practical strategies to deliver safe, compassionate, and trauma-responsive care for women with substance use disorders. Download Resource