Noted: While the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has included addiction in its curriculum for decades, this is the first course offered solely focused on the issue. In addition to heroin, the course also teaches students about alcohol addiction.
“We recognize the need now to train practitioners not only to make better decisions about initiating prescriptions but also on following patients to make sure that treatment is actually right for them,” said Dr. Richard Brown, a professor of family medicine and community health.