Program Description: 

This CME program addresses gaps in medical knowledge and best practices with regards to the clinical practice of internal medicine and teaching learners the discipline of internal medicine. These conferences update the audience with new findings and best practices to match current understanding in the field of internal medicine so that our faculty are knowledgeable, competent, and practice patient care of value to the patient.

Key Words: Evidence-Based Practice, Competence

Target audience: 
  • Physicians
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
Learning objectives: 
Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:
 
  • Apply diagnostic criteria to diagnose opioid use disorder in adult patients in clinical settings.
  • Counsel patients with opioid use disorder and initiate treatment with buprenorphine in outpatient clinical practice.
  • Implement harm reduction strategies for patients who use opioids in primary care and emergency department settings.
Faculty & credentials: 
Activity Director(s):
Pinky Jha, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Speaker:
Michelle Geyer Thompson, DO
Assistant Professor
Zablocki VA Medical Center
Division of General Internal Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
 
In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
  • Michelle Geyer Thompson
  • Pinky Jha, MD

Contact

Name: 
Christina Jenks
Email: 
[email protected]

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

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Session date: 
05/15/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm CDT
Location: 
Virtual Meeting
United States
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Add to calendar: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
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