OVERVIEW

Treating Acute Pain in Patients on Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction is organized by Aurora Health Care.

Release Date: Aug 17, 2018
End Date: Jun 28, 2020

Credit
1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
1.00 Attendance
Attendance Credit

Description:
This course will give the participant the recognition and understanding to confidently prescribe a wide variety of nonnarcotic treatments. This course covers how to use divided doses of buprenorphine to meet the analgesic needs of their patients and how to use IV opioids with extremely careful monitoring to overcome blocking effects of MAT medications.

Learning Objectives:
• Utilize a wide variety of nonpharmacologic, pharmacologic, and interventional treatments to address these patients’ pain.
• Calculate and use divided dose buprenorphine, possibly at higher doses, for pain
• Safely titrate opioids to overcome the blocking effect of MAT medications, if necessary.