Improving Outcomes in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (IOTOD) is an educational initiative that aims to provide high quality, accessible education for primary and secondary care healthcare professionals, to improve patient outcomes in the treatment of opioid dependence.

IOTOD brings together healthcare professionals from across the globe to share and discuss best practices and improve opioid dependence healthcare.

Providing a variety of free live and online educational resources, including regular expert webinars, the THN toolkit, and reports, IOTOD has evolved into a diverse, multiplatform initiative driving change worldwide in the understanding and treatment of opioid dependence.

IOTOD also supports harm reduction efforts, overdose prevention strategies and Hepatitis C elimination.

Journal of European CME

Improving outcomes in the treatment of opioid dependence (IOTOD): reflections on the impact of a medical education initiative on healthcare professionals’ attitudes and clinical practice.

This article looks at why educational initiatives like the IOTOD conference are valuable in order to significantly improve physicians’ behaviours, examines the methods for conducting a CME-accredited event, and highlights individualised treatment plans and delivery.