ADG: Case 09: Opportunities For Opioid Taper In The Difficult Geriatric Patient - Enduring Recorded Course

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

Opportunities For Opioid Taper in the Difficult Geriatric 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 recorded case study focuses on the changes in pain perception associated with aging, possible risks and dangers associated with caring for the geriatric population, how cognitive impairment affects chronic pain and common situations for opioid taper.

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

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

1.Recognize changes in pain perceptions associated with aging. Learners will be able to understand the nuances of treating pain in the geriatric community.

2. Recognize falls risk; suspected elder abuse; caregivers who argue for more pain medication. Learners will be able to take multiple risk factors into consideration when developing a treatment plan.

3. Recognize the burden of cognitive impairment among patients with chronic pain. This will help prepare the learner for possible complications that may arise during treatment and care.

4. Identify common situations for opioid taper:   Ex; hospital discharge; rehab stay; pulmonary illness; break in pain contract, family/patient request

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 enduring course will contain closed captioning.

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

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