Activity ID
10490Expires
October 31, 2027Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
3.5Fee
In-person conferences ONLY include a reg fee ranging up to $99. No fee for online (enduring or live virtual).CME Provider: Pri-Med Institute LLC
Description of CME Course
P.A.C.T.: Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain curriculum focuses on improving clinicians’ ability to recognize, diagnose, and classify pain; educating clinicians on the full spectrum of pain management options, including non-opioid pharmacologic interventions; and providing risk reduction strategies through integration of opioids into individualized pain management plans. Presenting clinicians with a thorough review of the FDA’s “Opioid Analgesic REMS Education Blueprint for Health Care Providers Involved in the Treatment and Monitoring of Patients with Pain” will allow clinicians to provide evidence-based pain management to their patients on a daily basis. This curriculum will also provide tools to help clinicians mitigate issues associated with opioid therapies, recognizing the signs and symptoms of opioid dependence and abuse to best manage patients’ pain and medication use, and take steps to avert the opioid addiction crisis.
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Commercial Support?
YesNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
1. Discuss the definitions and mechanisms of pain
2. Identify risk factors and stratification for opioid-related aberrant behavior and opioid use disorder as part of the initial assessment
3. Apply individualized recommendations for nonpharmacologic and non-opioid treatment options for patients in pain
4. Review general characteristics of opioid analgesics including their intended use and risks
5. Differentiate among tolerance, physical dependence, and manifestations of opioid use disorder
6. Recognize best practices to reduce the risks associated with prescription of opioid analgesics, including safe storage and disposal
7. Anticipate and manage adverse effects of opioid use including signs of opioid overdose and the use of naloxone
8. Select approaches to safely initiate opioids for the treatment of acute pain and chronic pain
9. Identify strategies for ongoing safe and effective use of opioids in patients with chronic pain, including titration, referral, and discontinuation, when appropriate
10. Summarize counseling strategies for caregivers and patients on opioid therapy
11. Act appropriately to evaluate, treat, or refer patients with opioid use disorder
Keywords
Pain Management, Opioids, Pain, REMS
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AAFP Prescribed Credit, AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Opioid REMS
This educational activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Extended-Release/Long-Acting Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies.
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
