Make your Addiction Medicine clinical experience easy to remember

Question practice

Questions drawn from the realities of Addiction Medicine

Practise explaining the clinical decisions, patient conversations and career experiences that matter in Addiction Medicine—then handle follow-ups that ask for evidence behind your first answer.

1. 01

   Discuss your understanding of the intersectionality of social determinants of health and Substance Use Disorders, and how this impacts your decision to specialize in this field.

2. 02

   You are seeing a patient who regularly uses cannabis and asks if it will interfere with their buprenorphine-naloxone treatment for opioid use disorder; how do you counsel them?

3. 03

   How do you ensure continuity of care for patients transitioning from an inpatient Addiction Medicine service back to an outpatient setting, especially those facing housing or transportation barriers?

4. 04

   You are involved in a quality improvement project to reduce overdose deaths in the community, but some stakeholders argue against distributing naloxone to active drug users, citing moral objections; how do you ethically advocate for your project?

5. 05

   How do you stay current with the rapidly evolving literature and clinical guidelines in Addiction Medicine, especially concerning new medications or treatment approaches?

6. 06

   Given our robust academic environment, what opportunities for scholarly activity or research in Addiction Medicine are you most interested in pursuing during your fellowship?