Drug And Alcohol Use Disorders In Healthcare Environments For Medical Employees

Occasionally drinking too much, taking painkillers, or experimenting with drugs, can lead to a substance use disorder. This course helps medical employees understand how to avoid, deal with, or recover from, that outcome. Stressing how a substance use disorder of any kind is a serious illness that can cause a medical employee to lose their job, license, savings, friends, family, and freedom, this course shows the connection between understanding substance use disorders and mitigating the chances of them destroying one’s life. From spotlighting commonly misused substances, and how a substance use disorder develops, to how to minimize their effect on the healthcare facility, this course helps employees recognize a substance use disorder and find the help that they, or a co-worker, may need to keep the healthcare workplace drug- and alcohol-free. Present this course so all medical employees know which substances are often misused, understand the threat drug and alcohol use disorders pose to themselves and their coworkers, and know the substance use disorder recovery process.