New MED Curriculum Aimed at Stemming Explosive Rise in Opioid Misuse

in Learning
January 30th, 2016

To address the opioid overdose crisis in Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker had asked the deans of the commonwealth’s four medical schools (BU School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, and University of Massachusetts Medical School) for help in designing a list of core competencies needing to be covered during medical school to help combat prescription drug misuse, addiction, and overdose fatalities.