A Collaborative Approach to Pain: Working with Your Patients to Reach an Informed Pain Management Plan

A Collaborative Approach to Pain: Working with Your Patients to Reach an Informed Pain Management Plan is organized by CME Outfitters, LLC. 

Premiere Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Credit Expiration Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Target Audience:
Physicians, dentists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists

This activity offers CE credit for:
• Physicians (CME)
• Pharmacists (ACPE)
• ABIM (MOC)
• Other

Credit Information:
CME Credit (Physicians):
CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CPE Credit (Pharmacists):
ACPECME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEUs) Universal Activity Number:

ABIM/MOC Credit:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Statement of Need:
There are currently 50 million Americans living with chronic pain, which can result in restrictions in mobility and daily activities, dependence on opioids, anxiety and depression, and reduced quality of life (QoL) leading to it being one of the most common reasons for seeking medical care. To effectively and safely manage this patient population, individualized, multimodal, and multidisciplinary care is imperative, with risk assessment being critical to providing the best possible patient-centered outcomes while also mitigating unnecessary opioid exposure. Additionally, because low health literacy is often a contributing factor to opioid misuse, patient education on pain and the safe storage and disposal of medications is a necessary part of making patients partners in their treatment planning.

This CMEOCast podcast focuses on educating clinicians to evaluate their current workflow for opioid prescribing, including incorporating best practice strategies that will optimize safe and competent prescribing and therefore minimize the potential for abuse and diversion.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
• Upon evaluation of your current clinical workflow for opioid prescribing, incorporate two best practice strategies to optimize safe and competent prescribing and minimize potential for abuse and diversion.
• Educate patients about their pain to optimize safe and effective, multimodal treatment plans.
• Develop strategies for engaging patients in treatment for OUD.

The following learning objectives pertain only to those requesting CNE or CPE credit:
• Explain two best practice strategies to optimize safe and competent prescribing and minimize potential for abuse and diversion.
• Educate patients about their pain to optimize safe and effective, multimodal treatment plans.
• Develop strategies for engaging patients in treatment for OUD.