Using Virtual Reality to Visualize the Opioid Crisis
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Jennifer L. Gwilym, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP, CS, is employed by Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio. She serves as Chair of the Department of Primary Care, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education for the Southeast Ohio Campuses, and Chair of the Student Selection Committee. She completed a Family Medicine Residency and is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. Dr. Gwilym currently practices one day per week in a Dermatology clinic. Dr. Gwilym is Associate Professor of Family Medicine at OU-HCOM. Dr. Gwilym is a member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), and the Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA). Dr. Gwilym is the Health Policy Chair for the OOA, she also served as a Trustee for the OOA for many years. Dr. Gwilym is currently Past President of the OOA and Past President for the Ohio ACOFP. Dr. Gwilym recently completed nine years on the AOA Committee on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA). Dr. Gwilym also serves on several committees for the national ACOFP, she is currently the CME Chair. Dr. Gwilym served as a voting member of the Ohio Medicaid Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics Committee for greater than five years. Dr. Gwilym has completed the AOA Health Policy Fellowship, Residency Director Fellowship Program (RDFP), the Costin Leadership Institute Fellowship, and the Administrator Leadership Development Program (AACOM).

Elizabeth A. Beverly, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Primary Care at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Co-Director of the Ohio University Diabetes Institute. She is the recipient of the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O. Endowed Professorship in Behavioral Diabetes. Dr. Beverly graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biobehavioral Health in 2008. She completed a five-year postdoctoral fellowship in diabetes at Harvard Medical School with the Joslin Diabetes Center in 2013. Dr. Beverly's research in diabetes focuses on understanding the linkages among psychosocial issues, self-care, and health outcomes. She employs mixed methodology to examine the culture and context of diabetes self-management in rural Appalachian Ohio.

Learning Objectives
-Define addiction and opioid use disorder.
-List four social determinants of health influencing opioid use disorder.
-Explain the relationship between motivational interviewing and stages of change in recovery.

In this course, we will tell the story of Destiny, a pregnant 23-year-old woman from Appalachia who is attempting to overcome her addiction to opioids. With a lack of support at home, she needs the help of providers to assist and empower her through her pregnancy. Through the use of virtual reality technology, participants will be able to confront biases, call attention to social determinants of health , and delineate their relationship to the opioid crisis.