2019 Rural Opioid Misuse Immersion Agenda

May 31–June 2, 2019 · Lewis and Upshur counties, West Virginia

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Program Overview

This historical agenda records Northern West Virginia AHEC’s three-day Rural Opioid Misuse immersion. Lodging and most first-day sessions were held at Stonewall Resort, 940 Resort Drive, Roanoke, WV 26447.

This accessible web edition preserves the agenda’s program information, while the matching PDF preserves the original print presentation. Expired online meeting links and outdated contact details are not republished on this page. For current program information, contact Northern WV AHEC.

Pre-Immersion Activities

Participants were asked to join a Project ECHO Chronic Pain session from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. on one of the following dates:

  • March 21, 2019
  • April 4, 2019
  • April 18, 2019
  • May 2, 2019
  • May 16, 2019

Day One – Friday, May 31

Day one schedule for the 2019 Rural Opioid Misuse Immersion
TimeActivityLocationPresenter or host
11:00 a.m.Welcome and introductionSummersville Room, Stonewall ResortAmanda White, MPH, Executive Director, Northern WV AHEC; Treah Haggerty, MD, Director of the Rural Scholars Program
11:15 a.m.BackgroundSummersville Room, Stonewall ResortKaitlyn Toney, Calhoun County High School valedictorian, Class of 2019
12:00 p.m.Lunch (provided)Stillwaters, Stonewall Resort
1:00 p.m.Opioid-use paraphernalia presentationSummersville Room, Stonewall ResortAdam Gissy, Lewis County Sheriff
2:30 p.m.Children in foster care and the opioid crisisSummersville Room, Stonewall ResortBrittany Sponaugle, MSW, LGSW, KVC West Virginia
4:00 p.m.Room check-in and free timeStonewall Resort
5:30 p.m.Dinner (provided)Stillwaters, Stonewall Resort
6:30 p.m.Keynote: American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America’s Deadliest Drug EpidemicSummersville Room, Stonewall ResortJohn Temple, MFA, WVU College of Media

Day Two – Saturday, June 1

Day two schedule for the 2019 Rural Opioid Misuse Immersion
TimeActivityLocationPresenter or host
8:00 a.m.Breakfast (provided)Stillwaters, Stonewall Resort
9:00 a.m.Travel to BuckhannonBuckhannon, WV
10:00 a.m.Visit the Recovery Center and Opportunity HouseRecovery Center, 47 Cleveland Avenue; Opportunity House, 93 East Main Street, Buckhannon, WVMatt Kerner, Executive Director, Opportunity House
12:00 p.m.Lunch on your own and free time for recreationBuckhannon, WV
5:30 p.m.DinnerCJ Maggie’s, 16 East Main Street, Buckhannon, WV
7:00 p.m.Optional Narcotics Anonymous meetingCommunity Recovery Center, 47 Cleveland Avenue, Buckhannon, WV
8:30 p.m.Return to Stonewall ResortStonewall Resort

Day Three – Sunday, June 2

Day three schedule for the 2019 Rural Opioid Misuse Immersion
TimeActivityLocationPresenter or host
8:00 a.m.Breakfast (provided)Stillwaters, Stonewall Resort
9:00 a.m.Discussion and debriefSummersville Room, Stonewall ResortTreah Haggerty, MD
10:30 a.m.Room checkout and adjournmentStonewall Resort

Related Resources

  • The Oxycontin Express documentary
  • New York Times article with filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon
  • Heroin(e)
  • Recovery Boys
  • Opportunity House
  • American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America’s Deadliest Drug Epidemic, by John Temple
  • Past Project ECHO Chronic Pain didactic sessions

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