Activity ID
9370Expires
June 3, 2025Format Type
LiveCME Credit
3Fee
$0CME Provider: American Society of Addiction Medicine
Description of CME Course
The misuse of opioids is a major public health problem. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the following: From 1999 to 2016 more than 630,000 people died from drug overdoses.115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose.
The course Pain Management and Opioids: Mitigating Risks (REMS) course is a 3-hourcourse designed to educate ER/LA opioid prescribers about the necessary context for safe opioid prescribing. This newly updated comprehensive course discusses the opioid overdose death epidemic, biopsychosocial aspects of pain and addiction, and clinical guidelines on the treatment of chronic pain. This program meets many states requirements for opioid education and is fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) education requirement (“Blue Print”), issued by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in September 2018.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Anesthesiology
Family Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurology
Radiology
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: 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) Describe the factors that led to the Opioid Overdose Death Epidemic.
2) Use non-stigmatizing language to discuss pain and addiction.
3) Describe the pathophysiology of pain as it relates to the concepts of pain management.
4) Recognize behaviors that may be associated with substance use disorder.
5) Accurately assess pain and addiction.
6) Develop a safe and effective pain treatment plan.
7) Identify the risks, benefits, and appropriate procedures for opioid therapy.
8) Identify evidence-based non-opioid options for the treatment of pain.
Keywords
addiction, addiction medicine, substance use disorder, primary care
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
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.
Physician Well-being activity
Efficiencies in Medical Practice, Organizational Culture of Wellness
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
