Metzger - Strategies to Reduce Opioid Prescribing: Effective Pain Management in Primary Care
CE Information
1.0 CE credit (0.65 pharmacology)Completion Time
1 hourAvailable Until
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Overview
Specialties
Acute Care, Adult, Family, Gerontological, Oncology, Pediatric, Psychiatric / Mental Health, and Women's HealthSubspecialties
Anesthesia, Emergency, Hospital Medicine, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Palliative, Primary Care, Sports Medicine, and Urgent CareClinical Topics
CDC, Geriatric Medicine, Mental Health, Pain, Patient Outcomes, Pharmacology, Primary Care, and TreatmentEvidenced based strategies for managing acute, subacute, chronic pain in primary care setting.
Learning Objectives
- Develop a patient-centered plan for managing chronic pain in primary care.
- Discuss the evaluation and evidence-based management of acute and subacute painful conditions.
- Identify strategies to mitigate risk when prescribing opioids.
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CE Information
This activity offers 1.0 CE credit (0.65 pharmacology) to attendees.
Accredited by AANP.
This presentation meets Maryland’s 2018 requirement for applicants registering for new or renewing CDS registration (Safe Prescribing of Opioids) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 requirement of an eight-hour training requirement for all DEA-registered practitioners on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.
This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour(s) of continuing education (which includes 0.65 hour(s) of pharmacology) by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners®. Activity ID# 25047154. This activity was planned in accordance with AANP Accreditation Standards and Policies
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Activity Content
Registration to this activity includes access to the following supporting materials.
- Reduce Opioid Prescribing (Size: 9.7 MB)
Duration: about 1 hour | Quality: HD
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