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 Boston University School of Medicine and the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Boston University School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This program meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 5.5 hours of risk management study.
This program meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 5.5 hours of opioid education.
In order to receive credit, participants must view the content of each module and complete the post-test and evaluation for each. Participants who receive a grade of 70% or greater on the post-tests will receive credit. Modules can be completed individually (each module is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit).
Credit Breakdown
Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists and pharmacists
Educational Objectives
VIDEO MODULES
In Practice: Applying Principles of Safe Opioid Prescribing
- Apply a practical framework for decision-making on the initiation, maintenance, and discontinuation of opioid analgesics for the treatment of chronic pain.
In Practice: Complex Conversations
- Discuss treatment options when inheriting a patient on high-dose opioids.
- Discuss communication strategies with patients on opioid therapy.
In Practice: Using the PDMP
- Use the PDMP as a tool to discover questionable prescription opioid activity.
- Communicate with patients to diagnose the cause of questionable activity and determine a course of action.
MILITARY SCOPE OF PAIN
Module 1
- Discuss the breadth and quality of evidence for the use of opioids for chronic pain, including current gaps in knowledge.
- Describe current treatment paradigms for treating patients with chronic pain.
Module 2
- Describe the use of universal precautions when treating patients with chronic pain.
- Apply appropriate communications strategies when initiating, managing, and, if necessary, terminating opioids for patients with chronic pain.
PRESCRIBE TO PREVENT
- Explain the epidemiology of overdose
- Explain the rational for and scope of overdose prevention education and naloxone rescue kit distribution
- Incorporate overdose prevention education and naloxone rescue kits into medical and pharmacy practice by educating patients about overdose risk reduction and furnishing naloxone rescue kits
- Explain the legal and policy environment regarding furnishing naloxone rescue kits
MAKING SENSE OF MASSACHUSETTS OPIOID PRESCRIBING LAWS
- Summarize and adhere to the clinical requirements of the Massachusetts opioid prescribing laws
- Summarize and incorporate in clinical practice to selected recommendations of the Massachusetts and CDC opioid prescribing guidelines
OPTIMIZING OFFICE SYSTEMS
- Recognize different care models to support patients with chronic pain
- Identify evidence-based tools to assess patient’s risk for substance use disorders
- Create and implement workflows that incorporate assessment and clinical management tools
- Provide approaches to develop and use effective individualized treatment plans
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Date of Original Release: February 1, 2011
Modules were release at different times; each has a different release and expiration date; check individual module accreditation information for details.
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Faculty
Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, FACP (Course Director)
Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Faculty member has nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support. Faculty member indicates that he does not discuss unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.
Sheila Chapman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Boston University School of Medicine
Faculty member has nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support. Faculty member indicates that he does not discuss unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.
Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine and Social and Behavioral Sciences
Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Boston Medical Center
Faculty member has nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support. Faculty member indicates that she does not discuss unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.
Karen H. Seal, MD, MPH
San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco
Faculty member has nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support. Faculty member indicates that she does not plan to discuss unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.
Emily Sachs, PhD
San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco
Faculty member has nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support. Faculty member indicates that she does not plan to discuss unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.
Tracy Lin, PharmD
San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco
Faculty member has nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support. Faculty member indicates that she does not plan to discuss unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.
Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc (Course Co-Director)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program Program
Director, Fellow Immersion Training Program
Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center
Faculty member is a consultant for Social Sciences Innovation Research, Inc. Faculty member indicates that he does plan to discuss unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product. The intra-nasal delivery of naloxone is not approved by the FDA.
Donna Beers BSN, RN-BC, CARN
Nurse Manager
TOPCARE Project
Boston Medical Center
Faculty member has nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support. Faculty member indicates that he does not plan to discuss unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.
Jeffrey Bratberg, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Professor of Pharmacy
University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
Infectious Disease Specialist
Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI
Faculty member is a consultant for and on the speakers bureau for Merck, and on the speakers bureau for Sanofi Pasteur. Faculty member indicates that he does plan to discuss unlabeled/ investigational uses of a commercial product. The intra-nasal delivery of naloxone is not approved by the FDA.
Corey Davis, JD, MSPH
Deputy Director
The Network for Public Health Law
Faculty member has nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support. Faculty member indicates that he does plan to discuss unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product. The intra-nasal delivery of naloxone is not approved by the FDA.
Traci Green, MD, Video Actor, is employed by Inflexxion, Inc.; Nkiruka Emeagwali, MD, Video Actor, has nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support. They do discuss unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product. The intra-nasal delivery of naloxone is not approved by the FDA.
Ilana Hardesty, Program Operations Manager, Boston University School of Medicine CME Office, Patti-Ann Collins, Lead Nurse Planner, and Jason Worcester, MD, Boston University School of Medicine, have nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support.
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This web-based activity is supported by funding from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, and by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The development of content for the live meetings was supported by unrestricted educational grants from Purdue Pharma L.P. and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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