Primary care professionals' perspectives on tailoring buprenorphine training for rural practice.

Cheyenne FenstemakerElizabeth A AbramsBenjamin ObringerKatherine KingLindsay Y DhananiBerkeley Franz

Published in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2024)

Our study found that current training on buprenorphine prescribing is inadequate for meeting the needs of rural PCPs. Tailored buprenorphine training is needed to improve accessibility and acceptability, and to better support the clinical workforce in communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic.

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