Use and abuse of opioid has been a leading topic in the national news for several years. Education, training and the use of Naloxone are beginning to help change the trajectory of the epidemic of abuse. Further awareness and open discussions in the medical profession continue to be necessary to further protect our society from themselves.
- The Opidemic: Our Role in Curbing this Devastation
- Assessing patients for opioid use
- Initiating opioid therapy
- Managing opioid therapy
- Counseling for the safe use of opioids
- General education for opioid prescriptions
- Information on long release opioids
Elective Content
- Pediatric considerations for opioid use
- Preventing opioid overdose death
- MAT for opioid use disorder
- Motivational interviewing
- Pregnancy opioid use disorder
- Dealing with the epidemic of neonatal abstinence syndrome
Intended Audience
Doctors
Nurses
Medical Staff
Dentists
Social Workers
First Responders
Concerned Individuals
Pregnant Women
Subject Matter Experts
Scott Junkins
MD
Karen Gunning
PharmaD
Nicholas Cox
PharmaD
Katherine Fortenberry
PhD
Paula Cook
MD
Jennifer Plumb
MD
Bob Andres
MD
Dominic Moore
MD
Marcela Smid
MD
Camille Fung
MD
Jack Dolcourt
MD
Continuing Education
The Opidemic: Our Role in Curbing this Devastation is approved for CME. A minimum of 3.5 hours must be completed for a certificate. The core 2.5 hour course consists of units 1-6, with an additional hour coming from at least one of the six elective hour courses. For controlled substance prescribers, you must claim CME credit at the end of the course to receive the DOPL required certificate of completion.
Other learners need to check with their regulatory groups regarding allowed credit.
Accreditation: The University Of Utah School Of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit: The University of Utah School of Medicine designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure: Neither the speaker(s), planner(s), nor anyone in control of content for this enduring activity have any financial relationship with commercial products or services discussed today with the exception of Marcela Smid, who has a relationship with Gilead Science Inc. as a medical consultant.
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ABIM MOC Medical Knowledge Assessment Part II credit: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.50 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.
ABP MOC Medical Knowledge Assessment Part II credit: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 7.50 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
ABA MOC Medical Knowledge Assessment Part II credit: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn 7.50 MOCA 2.0® points in the American Board of Anesthesiology® Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program®. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABA MOCA 2.0 credit. Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® and MOCA® are registered certification marks of the American Board of Anesthesiology®. MOCA 2.0® is a trademark of the American Board of Anesthesiology®.
ABOHNS Continuing Certification Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (MOC Part II) credit: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn their required annual part II self-assessment credit in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s Continuing Certification program (formerly known as MOC). It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of recognizing participation.
ABO MOC Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (Part II) credit: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to satisfy the Lifelong Learning, Self-Assessment, Improvement in Medical Practice and/or Patient Safety requirements for the American Board of Ophthalmology’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.
ABPath Lifelong Learning: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.50 Lifelong Learning (CME) credit in the American Board of Pathology (ABPath) Continuing Certification program.
All attendees are encouraged to use the CME system to claim their attendance. Physicians will be awarded AMA PRA Category 1TM credits; all other professions will be awarded attendance at a CME event credit that they may use for their re‐credentialing purposes. All users will be able to print or save certificates. If you provide your ABMS board, diplomate ID, birthday, and permission to share data at registration, when you complete the course, UUCME will report your MOC part II credit to the board for you. We do this through ACCME for the following boards: ABIM, ABPeds, ABA, ABPath, ABOHNS, ABO.
For questions regarding the CME system, please contact the UUCME Office. For questions regarding re‐credentialing process or requirements, please contact your recredentialing organization