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Yet alcohol-related risks often go unaddressed in healthcare settings. <strong>The Core Resource on Alcohol provides evidence-based content to help healthcare professionals:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Gain new insights—and earn FREE CME or CE credit</strong>—with <a href="#foundational-knowledge"><strong>14 articles</strong></a> on alcohol and health covering basic principles, clinical impacts, and patient care from screening through recovery.</li> <li><strong>Overcome barriers to care for patients with alcohol problems</strong>—by filling training gaps for providers who are not addiction specialists, including ways to counteract patient stigma.</li> </ul> <p><em>"This resource is a good way to <strong>increase your confidence when you see patients with alcohol-related concerns</strong>, which you're going to see often."</em> — Primary care practitioner</p> <p><a href="/health-professionals-communities/core-resource-on-alcohol/how-apply-core-resource-alcohol-clinical-practice"><strong>Learn how to apply the Core Resource in clinical practice.</strong></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--one-column paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="l-section"> <div class="l-inner"> <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-only paragraph--view-mode--default content-river"> <div class="text-only border-bottom"> <div><h2>Explore the Core Resource on Alcohol and Earn FREE CME or CE Credit</h2> <p>View the 14 Core articles below <strong>in any order</strong> and earn <a href="/health-professionals-communities/core-resource-on-alcohol/cmece-general-information"><strong>CME/CE credit</strong></a> for <strong>as many or as few</strong> as you wish. 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