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2025 Identification and Management of Opioid-Induced Neurotoxicity - Project Echo Palliative Care is organized by VCU Health Continuing Education.

Date:
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 12:00 PM - Thursday, May 7, 2026, 11:59 PM

Description:
Define opioid-induced neurotoxicity (OIN) and its clinical significance, discuss management of opioid-induced neurotoxicity, examine treatment of specific opioid-induced neurotoxicity symptoms, review predisposing factors for opioid-induced neurotoxicity and more with Dr. Tamira Pillay.

Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

  • Define opioid-induced neurotoxicity (OIN) and its clinical significance.
  • Identify the pathophysiology and risk factors underlying opioid-induced neurotoxicity (OIN).
  • Identify and differentiate Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia, Opioid Tolerance.
  • Apply evidence-based guidelines for the management and treatment of opioid-induced neurotoxicity (OIN).
Credits

Accreditation:
In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing Education 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.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, VCU Health Continuing Education 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 1.00 general continuing education credits.

Credits:
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (1.00 hours), ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) (1.00 hours), General Attendance - Attendance without CE credit (1.00 hours), IPCE - Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)

  • 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1 CE Credits
  • 1 IPCE
  • 1 Contact Hours
  • TARGET AUDIENCE

    PhysicianNursingPhysician AssistantSocial WorkerNurseNurse Practitioners

    SPECIALITIES

    NeurologyMedical ToxicologyFamily MedicineGeneral and Internal MedicineGeneral PracticeHospital Medicine

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