Gather-ed - Striking a Balance: Understanding Pain Management and Opioids

Target Professions:	MD, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, DO, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Director, MBBCh, MBBS, Nurse, Medical Director
Target Specialties:	Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Pain Management, Addiction Medicine, Pharmacy, Physiatry/Rehabilitation
Credits Available:	5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 5.00 AAFP Prescribed credits

Striking a Balance: Understanding Pain Management and Opioids, thoughtfully balances the risks and benefits of safe opioid prescribing. It covers: effective patient assessment, creating patient-centered pain treatment plans, non-pharmaceutical pain treatment options, managing patients on opioid analgesics, educating patients and caregivers, and addressing opioid use disorder. This education meets the criteria outlined by SAMHSA to count toward the DEA’s MATE Act training requirements.

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Itinerary

Part 1

Striking a Balance: Understanding Pain Management and Opioids - Baseline Assessment

Answer the following questions to assess your knowledge on pain management and safe prescribing of opioids.

Module 1 - Assessment of a Patient with Pain

This module explores the different types of pain and provides approaches on how to assess patients with pain.

Module 2 - Creating the Pain Treatment Plan

This module focuses on creating personalized pain treatment plans. We will explore non-opioid options and discuss the precautions and considerations for opioid use in special populations.

Module 3 - Managing Patients on Opioid Analgesics

This module explores opioid therapy management and provides information on how to calculate doses for new opioids using equianalgesic dose tables.

Module 4 - Opioid Therapy Considerations

In this module, learn communication methods for educating patients and caregivers on safe opioid use, storage, and naloxone administration, and understand opioid use disorder behaviors and signs of misuse.

Striking a Balance: Understanding Pain Management and Opioids - Final Assessment

Now that you have reviewed the self-study modules, answer the following questions to assess your knowledge of pain management and safe prescribing of opioids.

Part 2

Patient case 1: a 61-Year-Old Hispanic Male with Chest Wall Pain

JR is a 61-year-old Hispanic male presenting today with ongoing chest wall pain. A cardiology evaluation stated that this is not angina (but he was provided nitroglycerine just in case). JR now wants improved pain control and help with anxiety.

Patient case 2: a 67-Year-Old African American Male with Prostate Cancer

Brian is a 67-year-old African American male with advancing prostate cancer metastatic to the spine. Brian is seeking help for pain control to increase his activity.

Your Action Plan for Pain Management and Safe Prescribing of Opioids.

In light of the information reviewed and discussed during this program, please share an action plan that you will implement to improve the diagnosis and management for your patients with pain and safe prescribing of opioids.

Live Group Discussion

This live group discussion connects Group Members with their Group Leader and will cover the Self Study educational materials, as well as the Group Challenges and members' responses to the challenge assignments.

Curriculum is Currently Closed

Thank you for your interest. Currently, the curriculum is closed for enrollment but we encourage you to keep an eye out for future opportunities or alternative programs that might align with your educational goals.

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