MCW live - Responsible Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Continuing Education Course (MED-1009)

Fond Du Lac, WI US
June 1, 2017

This course has been approved by the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board as meeting the requirements for the two-hour continuing education course on the responsible opioid prescribing guidelines per Med 13.03(3) of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. (Ref # MED-1009)

Physicians:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Nurse Practitioners:
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: AANP Provider Number 150930.  This program has been approved for 2.0 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 1.5 hours of pharmacology).

Physician Assistants:
The AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Physician Assistants may receive a maximum of 2.0 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

This program is not yet approved for CME credit. Conference organizers plan to request 2.0 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credit from the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Total number of approved credits yet to be determined. 

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Target Audience

This course is designed for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants with a current DEA certificate and who prescribe opioids for pain management.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe appropriate patient assessment for treatment with ER/LA opioid analgesics,.
  • Evaluate risks and potential benefits of ER/LA therapy, as well as possible misuse.
  • Apply proper methods to initiate therapy, modify dose, and discontinue use of ER/LA opioid analgesics.
  • Monitor patients prescribed opioids for benefit and harm.
  • Employ methods to counsel patients and caregivers about the safe use of ER/LA opioid analgesics, including proper storage and disposal.
  • Safely discontinue opioids when there is too little benefit or too much risk and harm.
Additional information

Contact

Name: 
Linda Caples
Phone Number: 
+1 (414) 955-4900
Email: 
[email protected]
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.50 NP Pharmacology
    NP Pharmacology credit.
  • 2.00 NP Contact Hours
  • 2.00 PA
    PA credit.
Course opens: 
03/01/2017
Course expires: 
06/02/2017
Event starts: 
06/01/2017 - 5:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
06/01/2017 - 7:00pm CDT
Cost:
$0.00
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Agnesian HealthCare
430 E. Division Street
Fond Du Lac, WI 54935
United States

Robert W. Hurley, MD/PhD Vice Chair of Pain Medicine and Professor Department of Anesthesiology Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI

Gwynne Kirchen, MD - Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine Fellow

Disclosure:
No relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests

Available Credit

  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.50 NP Pharmacology
    NP Pharmacology credit.
  • 2.00 NP Contact Hours
  • 2.00 PA
    PA credit.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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