The IOTOD live Spring/Summer webinar (Improving Outcomes in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence) took place in May 2024, exploring treatment options for opioid dependency.

The free educational event was hosted by our CME division, PCM Scientific, who worked closely with expert faculty to develop the agenda.

The 60-minute session: “An individualised approach to treatment: comparing opioid dependence therapies,” was led by industry experts Professor Catriona Matheson, Professor in Substance Use at Stirling University, UK and Dr Lorenzo Somaini, Director at the Addiction Treatment Center in Biella, Italy.

The agenda covered the different mechanisms of action behind commonly used opioid dependence treatments (ODTs), with advantages and disadvantages explored for each. Less commonly utilised therapies for opioid addiction were also discussed, including the importance of psychosocial support for recovery.

The webinar attracted over 440 registrations, with over 150 healthcare professionals attending live from across Europe and the UK. Attendees included addiction specialists, GPs, hospital pharmacists, nurses, pain specialists, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals looking to improve their care and management of opioid-dependent patients.

The event was promoted via Cogora’s primary and secondary care media brands, and the existing IOTOD community, through a series of targeted emails, online ads, faculty material, and social media activities.

Over 96% of post-event survey respondents rated the webinar 4 or 5 out of 5 for content quality.  Feedback from attendees was also extremely positive:

  • ‘IOTOD webinars are informative and useful to my practice. Looking forward to the next webinar from IOTOD!’
  • ‘Great webinar, fantastic presenters and slides. Well done.’
  • ‘Very good presentation. Very practical and informative.’
  • ‘It helped to increase awareness of the difficulties facing some of my patients.’

The webinar is now available to watch on-demand on the IOTOD website.

The webinar follows on from the success of our IOTOD winter webinar in February 2024 and is part of an educational initiative to improve opioid dependence healthcare across the globe.

The IOTOD webinar ‘An individualised approach to treatment: comparing opioid dependence therapies’ is supported by grant funding from Camurus. The educational programme is run at arm’s length from the financial supporters and all content is created by the faculty. No funder has had input into the content of the materials or presentations used in the educational programme. PCM Scientific is the medical education company acting as scientific secretariat and webinar organiser.