Welcome to the Alabama Health Professionals’ Opioid and Pain Management Education, known as ALAHOPE. ALAHOPE is a product of the Prescribers and Dispensers Committee of the Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council. This work has been a collaboration of the Jefferson County Department of Health, the Department of Health Services Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions and the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners.

Free continuing education credit is available for ALAHOPE courses. Please see the individual course for additional information.

These courses satisfy the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners’ requirement that physicians obtain two (2) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ or equivalent every two years in the areas of controlled substance prescribing practices, recognizing signs of the abuse or misuse of controlled substances, or controlled substance prescribing for chronic pain management for renewal of their Alabama Controlled Substances Certificate (ACSC).

These courses also appear to satisfy the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023’s one-time, eight-hour training requirement for all Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered practitioners on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders. More information is available HERE.

Unit 1: Substance Use Unit 2: Pain Management