This interactive in-person workshop will aim to improve the comfort and skills of physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, pharmacists, social workers, addiction counsellors, community outreach workers, medical residents, students, & other allied health professionals in providing harm reduction-based care in their practice.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the workshop, participants should be able to:
- Develop a harm reduction community of practice that is supportive through learning and mentorship.
- Understand the importance of collaboration with people with lived and living experience and learning to practice humility to destigmatize care.
- Learn about local resources and how to access them
- Learn what evidence currently exists in harm reduction
- Explore the existing barriers and areas of advocacy
AGENDA
8:15am – 9:00am | Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 9:15am | Opening Remarks
9:15am – 10:15am | Harm Reduction 101
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- Define harm reduction
- Understand the basic principles of harm reduction
- Understand the importance of collaboration with people with lived and living experience and learning to practice humility to destigmatize care
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10:15am – 10:30am | BREAK
10:30am – 11:00am | Nova Scotia Resources
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- Understand the various harm reduction supplies, community resources, and how to access them.
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11:00pm – 12:00pm | Reviewing Safer Supply Core Principles and Current Evidence
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- Understand what safer supply is and is not
- Learn about different models of safer supply
- Understand the current evidence of the impacts of safer supply programs on client outcomes and health systems
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12:00pm – 1:00pm | LUNCH
1:00pm – 2:00pm | Addressing Barriers & Finding Opportunities for Change
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- Identify existing barriers to implementing harm reduction care
- Identify areas of advocacy in harm reduction care
- Identify existing barriers to implementing harm reduction care
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2:00pm – 2:15pm | BREAK
2:15pm – 3:15pm | Integrating Harm Reduction into Practice
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- Understand key harm reduction strategies
- Identify the existing barriers and stigma around harm reduction
- Identify the supports required to implement harm reduction-focused care into practice
- Learn examples of integrated harm reduction
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3:15pm – 4:15pm | Myth Busters
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- Identify and debunk common myths in harm reduction care
- Learn the importance of practicing humility, and how to recognize and challenge personal beliefs/biases that can negatively impact patient care.
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4:15pm – 4:30pm | Closing