Activity ID
14489Expires
October 31, 2026Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
4.0Fee
$0CME Provider: Pri-Med Institute LLC
Description of CME Course
The nation is facing competing public health issues: the need to treat a large number of Americans with acute and chronic pain vs the crisis of prescription opioid abuse. Pri-Med s Primary Care Solutions for Pain Management: From Essentials to Practical Strategies curriculum focuses on improving practitioners 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. Clinicians will learn to recognize signs and symptoms of opioid dependence and abuse in order to optimally manage patients pain and medication use.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Anesthesiology
Family Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurology
Radiology
ABMS Self-Assessment Activity
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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. Define key concepts, mechanisms, and classifications of pain to enhance clinical understanding.
2. Assess pain effectively while identifying risk factors for nonmedical use of opioids, substance/opioid use disorders.
3. Evaluate evidence-based nonpharmacologic and non-opioid approaches to pain management.
4. Review the role of opioids in pain management, including indications, limitations, and considerations for safe use.
5. Safely initiate, adjust, and discontinue opioid therapy in patients with acute or chronic pain.
6. Counsel patients on the safe use, storage, and disposal of opioid analgesics, including overdose reversal agents.
7. Create personalized pain management plans integrating both opioid and non-opioid therapies.
8. Diagnose and manage opioid use disorder, using evidence-based approaches, including referrals to specialists when needed.
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
