While concerns about the opioid epidemic are paramount, many other controlled substances are being misused and abused. Part one of this course describes the best practices and special considerations necessary for prescribing any controlled dangerous substance. Medication reconciliation and the dangers of polypharmacy, especially among the elderly are emphasized. The second part of the presentation focuses specifically on the issues surrounding prescribing for pain, focusing on chronic pain. Risk assessment for addiction, discussion of alternative therapies, medication treatment agreements, tapering and discontinuation, and consistent use of risk and pain assessment tools are included. This course meets the requirements for 1 hour of education on Opioid and controlled substance prescribing for Arkansas prescribers license renewal.
- Provider:LAMMICO/Medical Interactive
- Activity Link: https://medicalinteractive.net/courses/50633
- Start Date: 2024-02-10 06:00:00
- End Date: 2024-02-10 06:00:00
- Credit Details: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 1.25 hours
- MOC Credit Details: ABS - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABS)
ABPATH - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABPATH)
ABA - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABA)
ABTS - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABTS)
ABIM - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Medical Knowledge (ABIM)
ABP - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (ABP)
ABOHNS - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Self-Assessment (ABOHNS)
ABIM - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Patient Safety (ABIM)
ABOHNS - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Patient Safety (ABOHNS)
ABA - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Patient Safety (ABA)
ABTS - 1.25 Point; Credit Type(s): Patient Safety (ABTS) - Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: Yes
- Measured Outcome: Learner Competence, Learner Knowledge, Learner Performance
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all
- Specialty: Adolescent Medicine, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, All Practice Areas (e.g. ethics), Allergy, Ambulatory/Outpatient, Bariatric Surgery, Cardiac Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Complex General Surgical Oncology, Critical Care Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Gastroenterology, General Operative Anesthesia, General Otolaryngology, General Surgery, Geriatric Medicine, Hand Surgery, Head & Neck, Hematology, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, Laryngology, Medical Oncology, Nephrology, Neuro Anesthesia, Neurocritical Care, Neurotology, Non-Thoracic Surgery, Obstetric Anesthesia, Otology, Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesia, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Pediatric Surgery, Professionalism/Patient Safety/Other Skills, Pulmonary Disease, Regional Anesthesia/Acute Pain, Rheumatology, Rhinology, Sleep Medicine, Sports Medicine, Surgical Critical Care, Thoracic Anesthesia, Transplant Hepatology, Trauma, Vascular Surgery
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