2020 Washington Medical Licensure Program
The 2020 Washington Medical Licensure Program is designed to satisfy mandatory CME requirements for physicians and other healthcare professionals in the state of Washington. Completion of this program satisfies requirements on six (6) hours in suicide assessment, treatment, and management training and the new one (1) hour mandatory requirement on opioid prescribing.
Course One: Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management (6 credits)
- Course Dates 03/2020 - 02/2023
Course Two: Opioid Prescribing (1 Credits)
- Course Dates 05/2020 - 04/2023
Target Audience
This course is designed for all physicians and other health care practitioners.
Learning Objectives
Course One: Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management
Completion of this course will better enable the course participant to:
- Assess a patient’s suicide risk and collaboratively determine the best treatment method.
- Describe strategies to minimize the risk of future suicide attempts.
- Explain the concept of patient-centered care in the context of suicide prevention.
- Describe the specific challenges of managing suicide in the population of Veterans and active-duty military personnel.
Course Two: Opioid Prescribing
Completion of this course will better enable the course participant to:
- Describe examples of non-opioid analgesic options for managing acute pain.
- Describe examples of non-opioid analgesic options for managing chronic non-cancer pain.
- Explain the recommended uses and limitations of extended-release opioids.
- Explain pharmacological options available to treat opioid use disorder.
Additional Information
Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA
Associate Professor, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program (2003-2011)
Director, Blaustein Pain Treatment Center (2003-2008)
Division of Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
Thomas E. Joiner, PsyD
The Nancy Marcus Professor (2020-2022)
The Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Director, Psychology Clinic
Department of Psychology
Florida State University
Stephen Braun Medical
Medical Writer
Braun Medical Communications
DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of CME, InforMed implemented mechanisms, prior to the planning and implementation of this CME activity, to identify and resolve conflicts of interest for all individuals in a position to control content of this CME activity
InforMed is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Available Credit
- 7.00 MOC
- 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Price
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