Review Activity Description

Pain Treatment and Interactive Patient Cases

Expanded Skills in Chronic Opioid Therapy

3 out of 14 hrs CE

Goal: To provide expanded skills training to physicians and other clinicians with respect to reducing the risk of addiction/misuse of opioids and other prescribed controlled substances.

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Educational Objectives:

After completing this activity participants will be able to:

• Monitor patients during ongoing pain treatment for substance use problems
• Coordinate care of a patient seeing multiple clinicians for chronic pain
• Utilize appropriate treatment structure and/or referral if a patient with pain develops substance use problems
• Manage the chronic pain of patients with a high risk of substance misuse
• Identify and take steps to prevent potential diversion and risk for overdose by patients and their contacts through clinical protocols and practice management