# How to read an opioid treatment listing

Learn what a listing on this directory is, what its fields and sources mean and what it cannot show, so you can use it to prepare a call and not to pick treatment.

- Level: Foundations
- Length: 35 minutes
- Exam questions: 8, pass mark 80%, up to 3 attempts
- Certificate: valid for 12 months

## What you will learn

- Explain that a listing is a record to check and not an endorsement.
- Read the medication, setting and source fields, and say what an empty field means.
- Name where the rows on this site come from and find the source of one fact.
- Say what to do first in an emergency and who decides about treatment.

## Lessons

1. [What a listing is and is not](https://opioidtreatment.fyi/academy/read-an-opioid-treatment-listing/what-a-listing-is.md) (10 minutes)
2. [Fields, empty values and sources](https://opioidtreatment.fyi/academy/read-an-opioid-treatment-listing/fields-and-sources.md) (12 minutes)
3. [Limits, paid labels and emergencies](https://opioidtreatment.fyi/academy/read-an-opioid-treatment-listing/limits-and-emergencies.md) (10 minutes)

## Questions

### Does this course teach me about treatment?

No. It teaches how to read this directory and what to ask a provider. A qualified clinician decides about treatment with you.

### Does the certificate show that I can judge a clinic?

No. It is a certificate of completion from this site. It records that you passed the exam. It is not a professional qualification or a licence.

### Can this course replace a talk with a clinician?

No. It is general information. Talk to a clinician before you start, stop or change treatment.

Also on the [web page](https://opioidtreatment.fyi/academy/read-an-opioid-treatment-listing).

> Talk to a doctor, pharmacist or other qualified clinician before you start, stop or change treatment. In an emergency call your local emergency number: 911 in the US and Canada (or call or text 988), 999 in the UK and Ireland (or call 111 in the UK, 112 in Ireland), 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand. For overdose, call emergency services first.