Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain (PACT) CME/CE
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Northwestern CT AHEC, housed at Health360, has partnered with the National AHEC Organization and Pri-Med to offer a free CME intended for CT providers engaged in prescribing/ treating patients with opioid analgesics, those involved in direct patient care, as well as future providers.
Curriculum Overview:
P.A.C.T. Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain curriculum focuses on improving clinicians’ ability to recognize, diagnose, and classify pain; educating clinicians on the full spectrum of pain management options, including non-opioid pharmacologic interventions; and providing risk reduction strategies through integration of opioids into individualized pain management plans. Presenting clinicians with a thorough review of the FDA’s “Opioid Analgesic REMS Education Blueprint for Health Care Providers Involved in the Treatment and Monitoring of Patients with Pain” will allow clinicians to provide evidence-based pain management to their patients on a daily basis. This curriculum will also provide tools to help clinicians mitigate issues associated with opioid therapies, recognizing the signs and symptoms of opioid dependence and abuse to best manage patients’ pain and medication use, and take steps to avert the opioid addiction crisis.
Credits:
This is a 3.5 hour program that can be done virtually and asynchronously:
- 3.5 AMA PRA Credits
- 3.5 AANP Contact Hours
- 1.59 Pharmacology Hours
Next Steps:
Additional Incentive:
Completers will be picked at random for a 1:1 interview to provide feedback about future renditions of the curriculum. Pri-Med will discuss the length, faculty, format, and any changes in practice since taking the course; they will also gather information about challenges faced by participants and vision for future medical education around this topic. Those who participate in these interviews will receive a $350 Visa gift card.
For more information, contact: Ellen Ravens-Seger/CT AHEC at 860-679-7969