Academic Detailing: Best Practices for Treatment of Acute Pain
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This is where you complete the post-survey, evaluation and claim credit.
Overview
Patients who undergo certain medical procedures may experience acute pain. Safe and effective treatment is essential in ensuring functional recovery, quality of life and decreased risk of persistent post procedure pain. This course will provide practical resources and tools to assist in managing postoperative acute pain.
Target Audience
This educational initiative is designed for all Rhode Island licensed Prescribers including primary care physicians, physician specialists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, dentists, and other medical professionals involved in the care of patients in need of acute pain management.
Learning Objectives
After participating in this activity, the learner should be better able to:
- Calculate morphine milligram equivalents (MME) in order to prescribe safer dosages of opioids.
- Identify high risk patients and prescribe naloxone to these patients to prevent risk of overdose death.
- Identify non-opioid therapeutic options for acute pain management.
Instructor / Trainer
Collette C. Onyejekwe PharmD, RPh
Chief Health Program Evaluator
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Division of Customer Service
Academic Detailer
Rhode Island Department of Health
Providence, RI
Co-Chairs | |
James McDonald MD MPH | Collette C. Onyejekwe PharmD, RPh |
Planning Committee | |
Jeffrey Bratberg, PharmD, FAPhA Lauren Conkey MPH Rachael Elmaleh Christina Hom, MPH Jennifer Koziol MPH | Jennifer Maloney Meghan McCormick, MPH Carol Stone Maria Sullivan |
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Rhode Island Department of Health. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Rhode Island specific: Training meets the requirements set forth in RI Regulation 4.4: Prescriber Training Requirements for Best Practices Regarding Opioid Prescribing
Dental Credit
The Rhode Island Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the ADA to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education, ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the providers or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognitions at ADA.org/CERP
*Please note - dental credit certificates are mailed to you directly by the Rhode Island Dental Association.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ADA
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.00 AttendanceParticipants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.