Presenter: Jennifer Hettema, Ph.D., LifeStance Health
Online CME Credit
Fee: Free (see below for details)
Credit must be claimed with 30 days of registering.
Provides 2.00 hours of CE, Expires February 12, 2027.
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Oral Health Professionals
The Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners has generously provided funding for 140 dental professionals to take this course for free. After the 140 complimentary registrations have been used, the registration fee will increase to $100.
Overview
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based practice aimed at identifying and addressing problematic drug and alcohol use early to promote healthier behaviors and reduce risks to overall health, including oral health. This structured approach involves healthcare professionals, including dental clinicians such as dentists and dental hygienists, assessing patients' substance use behaviors to mitigate risks such as oral cancer and other systemic conditions that affect oral health. By integrating SBIRT into dental settings, clinicians can play a vital role in early detection and intervention while encouraging patients to adopt healthier behaviors. This personalized and preventive approach is highly feasible in dentistry, enhancing comprehensive care and fostering better health outcomes.
Learning Objectives
Following participation in this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the rationale for and evidence base supporting SBIRT in dental settings
- Deliver and interpret a screening tool that could be used to identify risky alcohol and drug use
- Demonstrate 1-2 brief intervention strategies consistent with a motivational interviewing approach
The Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners has generously provided funding for 140 dental professionals to take this course for free. After the 140 complimentary registrations have been used, the registration fee will increase to $100.
Instructions for receiving CME/CE credit:
- Click on the registration button above
- Click on the course to register
- Pay for the course
- After payment, you will click begin the activity
- YouTube will be embedded into the website
- Watch the YouTube video
- Click to claim credit
- Enter the activity code that was provided to you in the email confirmation
- Claim credit and generate the certificate
Evaluation and Claim Credit
- Once you begin the video, you must watch it in its entirety to claim credit. Fast-forwarding has been disabled. You may pause the video briefly if needed. Do not close the browser window as doing so will require you to start over.
- Once you have reached the end of the video, a button to continue will appear that will take to evaluation and start the process for receiving a certificate.
- Failure to complete the process will result in the credit not being awarded to you.
- Should you need to restart the process, or download a copy of a certificate at a later time, please see the instructions for accessing the online portal here: Evaluation and Claim Credit
For questions concerning the online evaluation or your certificate, please contact our office at (775) 784-4791 or email us at cme@med.unr.edu.
Continuing Education Credit
The Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners approves this program for 2.00 hour of dental continuing education credit. NSBDE Approval Course: # 25-001.
As an accredited provider of continuing medical education through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. In order to assure that information is presented in a scientific and objective manner, The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine requires that anyone in a position to control or influence the content of an accredited activity disclose all financial relationships within the prior 24 months with any commercial or proprietary entity producing health care goods or services relevant to the content being planned or presented. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated. Following are those disclosures.
All other presenters, planners or anyone in a position to control the content of this continuing medical education activity have indicated that they do not have financial relationships with ineligible companies related to the content of this activity.