PUBPOL 5720 - Addiction Medicine Practice and Policy

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading (no audit).

Prerequisite: PUBPOL 2300 or PUBPOL 2350 or PUBPOL 3280. Co-meets with PUBPOL 3720.

J. Carmalt.

A community-engaged addiction medicine course that draws from experts in the field to address the neurobiology of addiction, risk and protective factors for substance misuse and addiction, barriers to treatment such as stigma, the recovery continuum, and a focus on drug policy and law in historical and contemporary context. Students will complete a community engaged project and field trips will be offered. This course is geared toward future clinicians, policy makers, healthcare leaders, data analysts, and engaged citizens who care about human well being and health equity.