Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This activity has been approved for .25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
In order to receive credit, participants must view the content of module and complete the post-test and evaluation. Participants who receive a grade of 70% or greater on the post-tests will receive credit.
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Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists and pharmacists.
Educational Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- 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.
Date of Original Release: June 30, 2013
Date of Last Review: June 30, 2017
Date of Expiration: June 29, 2018
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Disclosure Policy
Boston University School of Medicine asks all individuals involved in the development and presentation of Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities to disclose all relationships with commercial interests. This information is disclosed to CME activity participants. Boston University School of Medicine has procedures to resolve any apparent conflicts of interest. In addition, faculty members are asked to disclose when any unapproved use of pharmaceuticals and devices is being discussed.
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.
dan.alford@bmc.org
Consulting Faculty
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.
jane.liebschutz@bmc.org
Christopher Shanahan
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Community Medicine Unit
Boston University School of Medicine
Faculty member holds is a peer reviewer for EBSCO/ Dynamed.
christopher.shanahan@bmc.org
Ilana Hardesty, Program Operations Manager, Boston University School of Medicine CME Office, and Jason Worcester, MD, Boston University School of Medicine, have nothing to disclose with regards to commercial support.