OVERVIEW

2025 Project Echo Palliative Care: Opioids & Cancer ECHO (#1) Opioids, Cancer, and Opioid Use Disorder is organized by VCU Health Continuing Education.

Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 11:00 AM - Saturday, July 8, 2028, 11:59 PM

Description:
Describe the drug overdose epidemic in the US and Virginia and how prescription opioids played a part in this epidemic. In addition, examine the CDC guidelines for use of opioids in the treatment of pain and how those guidelines may or may not be relevant for cancer pain.

Objectives:

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

Understand CDC guidelines for treatment of chronic pain and how those guidelines do not apply to cancer patients receiving palliative or end of life care.
Discuss whether cancer alters the risks of opioid treatment for pain.
Discuss criteria for opioid use disorder and whether cancer alters the criteria for that disorder.

ACCREDITATION & CREDITS

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 CreditsTM. 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.

1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

1 IPCE

1 Contact Hours

FACULTY

Teri Dulong-Rae

MSHAHealthcare Management

Susan Hong

MD, MPH, FACPInternal Medicine

TARGET AUDIENCE

NursingPharmacistPhysician AssistantSocial WorkerResearchersPain medicineFamily MedicineInternal MedicineGeneral PractitionerHospital MedicineBehavioral Health NursesNurse Practitioners