Safe Opioid Prescribing: A Multimodal Program for Chronic Pain and Opioids
Thursday, December 7, 2017 - Thursday, December 7, 2017
CME Provider:
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine › Continuing Professional Development 650-500 University Avenue Toronto, M5G 1V7 Canada
Phone: (416) 978-2719 Fax: (416) 971-2200
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Conference Center:
Chestnut Residence & Conference Centre › 89 Chestnut Street Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1R1 Canada
Phone: (416)-977-0707
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Description:
The Safe Opioid Prescribing Course includes a Webinar Series (3 webinars), followed by an in-person Skill Development workshop.
Course Goals This Series of Courses has been created to assist physicians in acquiring knowledge and learning new skills in the field of pain management, especially in the area of chronic non-cancer pain.
Develop multi-modal approaches to complex chronic pain. Initiate & manage safe & effective opioid therapy. Prevent & address addiction to prescription opioids. Develop communication & collaboration practice skills to better manage opioid therapy for your chronic pain patients.
Learning Objectives
Manage problematic situations with chronic pain patients Patients on high doses of opioids who are dysfunctional, but not addicted. Patients at high risk of addiction Patients using opioids illicitly Effectively communicate with chronic pain patients their Necessity of tapering opioid dose Diagnosis of addiction Addiction treatment options Develop approaches and practice tools to work with other health care professionals to manage complex patients Pharmacists Acute care physicians Pain and addiction specialists Approximately two weeks prior to the course date, and with your paid registration, you will be provided your pre-course assignment and location information for the workshop. Following the workshop you will be required to complete a post course practice application assignment that will be submitted electronically.
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Instructors:
Academic Director Abhimanyu Sud, MD, CCFP Course Director Courtesy Staff, Trillium Health Centre Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Program Director Kate Hodgson, DVM, MHSc, CCMEP Medical Education Consultant Continuing Professional Development Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
CME Credit:
Physicians: Credit Available
Nurses: Credit Available
Self Assessment Module (SAM):
No
Specialty Audience:
Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Family Medicine Internal Medicine Medical Ethics Neurology Obstetrics / Gynecology Ophthalmology Otolaryngology Pediatrics Psychiatry Radiation Therapy Risk Management Surgery
RADLIST Course #16193
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