Welcome to COPE
COPE works with medical schools to ensure all rising physicians know how to provide care to people with SUD.
Improving Patient Care & Public Health
The Coalition On Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders (COPE) is a voluntary organization devoted to improving patient care and the public health by assuring that all rising physicians are trained to prevent, identify, and provide specialty-appropriate interventions for patients who engage in unhealthy use of alcohol and other drugs including non-medical use of prescription medications.
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UPCOMING WEBINARS
COPE Curriculum Innovation Challenge 4.0
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 5 PM EST
The end of the academic year is here! COPE is very interested in what you have done in addiction education, what you would like to learn, and how this impacts the next phase of your career. All stages of undergrad medical education (first years, second years, third years, fourth years) are welcome to join the LAB and participate in the Zoom meetings, where all will learn more about addiction education, meet colleagues, share work and give COPE advice.
COPE Curriculum Innovation Challenge 4.0
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - 5 PM EST
COPE invites medical school faculty and/or attendings, to become your school’s Addiction Education “Champion.” COPE supports Champions to design and present medical school learning resources to enhance medical students’ knowledge, skills and attitudes critical to providing care to persons with substance use/ opioid use disorders (SUD/OUD) by showcasing the work that the Champions have been doing. In alignment with initiatives of the American Academy of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) and funded by the Opioid Response Network this Challenge intends to utilize the knowledge and creativity of the COPE “Medical School Addiction Medicine Points of Contact, aka “Champions” to engage in the development of clinical training materials that focus on how to help those in underrepresented communities.
Teaching Medical Learners About Addiction: Building Confidence from the Classroom to the Simulation Lab
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 | 11:00 AM MT, 12:00 PM CT
Speaker David (Tyler) Coyle, MD, MS
This fireside chat will discuss the University of Colorado’s implementation of a novel addiction curriculum into the Transition to Residency course for 4th year medical students. The curriculum integrates lecture-based sessions, small group discussion, and encounters with standardized patients to prepare learners to have challenging conversations with patients about drug use.
Joining the discussion will be Tyler Igoe, MS4, who will provide a student’s perspective on both the development of the curriculum and participation in the program.
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Education Curriculum
Designed for medical students by medical students and medical school faculty available for free download.
Resources
Opioid Resources and Substance Use Disorder Curriculum.
About COPE
The Coalition on Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders (COPE) is a voluntary organization devoted to improving patient care and the public health.
