ADG: Case 08: When Treating Patient ‘Employment’ Results In High Dose Opioids - Enduring Recorded Course

RECORDED OPIOID SAFETY GRAND ROUND: Registration opens and course begins July 1, 2024.

When Treating Patient ‘Employment’ Results in High Dose Opioids   is a recorded opioid safety grand round that will provide standardized, comprehensive, easily accessible, evidence-based education on best practices and current laws regarding opioids for professionals throughout the State. This 1 live case study focuses on the differences in pain pathology from managing structural overuse, the physiologic, emotional, and professional consequences of high opioid prescribing, and the rationale for prescribing greater than 90 MME. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: As a result of participation in this course, members of the interprofessional team will improve their ability to:

1. Recognize the number of working age persons dependent on chronic opioid analgesia. The learner will be able to understand the large impact of overuse in the workplace.

2. Managing opioids for actual pain pathology from individual management of structural overuse. Learners will be able to determine the accurate treatment for each patient.

3.Discuss the physiologic, emotional, and professional consequences of high dose opioid prescribing. This will enable the learner to have a discussion with the patient about the associated risks. 

4. Documenting the rationale for prescribing greater than 90 MME. Learners will be able to justify this prescription when necessary.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Healthcare Professionals with Prescribing Authority (i.e. Physicians, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, advanced practice nurses, pharmacists)

AVAILABLE CREDIT FOR PHYSICIANS: 1 AOA Category 1-B and 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™

BOARDS WHO RECOGNIZE THESE COURSES:

• Board of Medical Examiners
• Physician Assistant Advisory Committee
• Board of Nursing
• Board of Dentistry
• Board of Pharmacy

To receive full credit, you must be present for the entire webinar.

To receive a certificate of completion, and CME certificate, complete the Attestation Form, and Outcome Survey/Evaluation, Knowledge Assessment

Hearing Impaired Registrants: This live case study will NOT contain closed captioning. Please register for our recorded session for closed captioning

For questions pertaining to AOA and ACCME Physician CME credits, please contact the CME Office at cme@rowan.edu

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