Navigating Pain Management: A Case Study Addressing Strategies for Initial Treatment and Counseling
When considering opioids for treating both short-term and long-term pain, it's crucial to prioritize patient safety. This means conducting thorough risk assessments and engaging in open conversations with your patients. Through a real-life patient scenario, this activity will guide you on how to effectively implement a risk assessment and counsel a patient in your clinical practice.
This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies.
Please see https://www.opioidanalgesicrems.com/Resources/Docs/List_of_RPC_Companies.pdf
for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
State licensure: This activity satisfies many topic-based CME/CE requirements related to pain management, opioids, and controlled substances, as well as the DEA Mate Act.
This course is part of the P.A.C.T.: Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain curriculum
Learning Objectives
- Select approaches to safely initiate opioids for the treatment of acute pain and chronic pain
- Summarize counseling strategies for caregivers and patients on opioid therapy
Additional Information
Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine
Senior Vice-Chair
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo
Chief, Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York
Disclosures
The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by faculty, and all have been mitigated by Pri-Med Institute.
Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD: Advisor and Consultant for Kowa Pharmaceuticals
Moderators and non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Pri-Med Institute and Miller Medical Communications. Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement
Pri-Med Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AANP
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) through the joint providership of Pri-Med Institute and Miller Medical Communications. Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the AANP as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider Number 040308.
Designation Statement
This activity is approved for 0.38 contact hour of continuing education, which includes 0.19 hour of pharmacology.
MOC Credit Information
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.50 Medical Knowledge MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Instructions for Obtaining Credit
Once you have completed the activity, please click the "next" button to advance to the post-activity assessment. To complete this activity and claim credit, you must answer 2 out of the 2 questions correctly. If you are not successful after your first attempt, you will be given an opportunity to reflect upon the answer rationales and have the opportunity to review the educational content before proceeding. Once you have selected your answers, click the "submit" button to complete the evaluation questions and proceed to the claim credit screen. For PAs, the NCCPA accepts for Category 1 CME credit activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
Available Credit
- 0.38 AANP Contact Hours
- 0.19 AANP Pharmacology Contact Hours
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
This course is offered through Pri-Med.
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