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Managing Patients on Opioid Analgesics

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This 1-hour webcast is an on-demand version of a live webinar held in May 2023. Heather Jackson, PhD, APRN-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP, and Taylor Butler, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS, explain best-practice strategies for safe opioid management and the rationale behind them, including sample case discussions.

Physician Assistants/Physician Associates: 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credit

Nurses: 1.00 Nursing contact hour

Physicians: maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Pharmacists: 1.00 contact hour (0.1 CEUs)

Psychologists: 1.00 APA CE Credit

Social Workers: 1.00 ASWB ACE CE Credit

Released: June 20, 2023

Expiration: June 19, 2024

No longer available for credit.

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Faculty

Taylor Butler

Taylor Butler, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Heather J. Jackson

Heather J. Jackson, PhD, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP

Associate Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Administrative Director of Advanced Practice
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

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Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC, and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

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Supporters

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see this link for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies

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Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management

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American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Practicing Clinicians Exchange

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Target Audience

The Opioid REMS Microlearning Initiative is intended to reach the entire healthcare team including physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician associates/physician assistants, pharmacists, nurses, psychologists, and social workers. Specialty areas include, but are not limited to, physiatry, psychiatry, neurology, family medicine, internal medicine, oncology, pain management, and surgery. This includes HCPs who are involved with direct patient care, including HCPs registered with the DEA and eligible to prescribe all opioid analgesics, as well as non-prescribers involved in the care of patients receiving opioid analgesic therapy, nonpharmacologic therapies, and nonopioid analgesic therapies.

Program Learning Goal

The goal of this program is to optimize learners' translation of pain management knowledge into practice, including the role and risks of opioids and strategies to minimize adverse outcomes of opioid use.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

  • Incorporate strategies for safe initiation of opioid therapy into patient treatment plans 

  • Identify patient/pain factors that indicate opioid therapy should be discontinued 

  • Design a treatment plan to manage a patient with AEs associated with opioid use

Disclosure

Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all financial conflicts of interest (COI) they may have with ineligible companies. All relevant COI are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to CCO policy. CCO is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME/CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.

Primary Author

Taylor Butler, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Taylor Butler, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Heather J. Jackson, PhD, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP

Associate Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Administrative Director of Advanced Practice
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Heather J. Jackson, PhD, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

The planners and content peer reviewers from Clinical Care Options, LLC; the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR); the Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management; Practicing Clinicians Exchange; and ProCE, LLC do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose, except  Gabrielle Giacona; Ameet Nagpal, MD, MS, MEd, MBA; Theresa Mallick-Searle, MS, PMGT-BC, ANP-BC and Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C, as noted below: 

Gabrielle Giacona: stocks/stock options: AstraZeneca, Moderna. 

Ameet Nagpal, MD, MS, MEd, MBAconsultant/advisor/speaker: Averitas. 

Theresa Mallick-Searle, MS, PMGT-BC, ANP-BCconsultant/advisor/speaker: Salix.

Amanda Zimmerman, PA-Cconsultant/advisor/speaker: Averitas; researcher: Collegium.

Instructions for Credit

Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 1 hours. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, learners must follow these steps during the period from June 20, 2023, through June 19, 2024:

1. Login or Sign Up for an account by clicking at the top of this page.
2. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and faculty disclosures.
3. View and study the content in its entirety.
4. Submit answers to the posttest questions and evaluation questions online.

You must receive a test score of at least 65 and respond to all evaluation questions to receive a certificate. After submitting the evaluation, you may access your online certificate by selecting the certificate link on the confirmation page. Records of all CME/CE activities completed can be found on the "My Certificates" page. There are no costs/fees for this activity.

Format

This program has been made available online.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Learners have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by healthcare professionals without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Accreditation

Joint Accreditation Statement
Joint AccreditationIn support of improving patient care, Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Physician Continuing Medical Education
CCO designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development
The maximum number of hour awarded for this Nursing Continuing Professional Development activity is 1 contact hour.

Physician Associates Continuing Medical Education
Joint AccreditationClinical Care Options has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. Approval is valid until  June 19, 2024. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

 

Continuing Pharmacy Education

CCO designates this continuing education activity for 1 contact hour (0.10 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

UAN: JA4008176-0000-23-007-H08-P
Type of Activity: Application

Upon successfully completing the post-test with a score of 65% or better and the activity evaluation form, transcript information will be sent to the NABP CPE Monitor Service within 60 days.

Physician Assistant/Physician Associate Continuing Medical Education

Joint AccreditationClinical Care Options, LLC has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until June 19, 2024 . PAs should only claim commensurate with the extent of their participation.

 

Psychologist Continuing Education

Continuing education (CE) credit for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
This activity offers 1 continuing education credits for psychologists.

Social Work Continuing Education 

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Clinical Care Options, LLC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1 clinical continuing education credit.