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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

REAL CO*RE
Pain Management and Opioids: Balancing Risks and Benefits

  • Authors: REAL CO*RE Contributing Faculty
  • CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 10/30/2019
  • THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT
  • Valid for credit through: 10/30/2020, 11:59 PM EST
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Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals who are involved in the management of patients with pain.

The goal of this activity is to improve the safe prescribing and management of patients with pain.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge in their ability to
    • Identify the risks and benefits of opioid therapy
    • Apply pain pathophysiology to pain management
    • Accurately assess patients with pain
    • Develop a safe and effective pain treatment plan
    • Identify evidence-based non-opioid options for the treatment of pain
    • Manage ongoing opioid therapy
    • Recognize behaviors that may be associated with opioid use disorder


Disclosures

As an organization accredited by the ACCME, Medscape, LLC, requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount, occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner, that could create a conflict of interest.

Medscape, LLC, encourages Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.


Faculty

  • REAL CO*RE Contributing Faculty

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: The contributing faculty have disclosed no relevant financial relationships and do not intend to discuss off-label uses of drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics approved by the FDA for use in the United States.

  • David Bazzo, MD

    Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
    University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: David Bazzo, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

  • Michael Cheshire, DO

    Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency, WVU Medicine
    Camden Clark Medical Center
    Associate Clinical Professor
    West Virginia University School of Medicine
    Director, Camden Clark Internal Medicine Clinic

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Michael Cheshire, DO, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

  • Katherine Galluzzi, DO

    Professor and Chair, Department of Geriatrics,
    Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Katherine Galluzzi, DO, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

  • Randall Steven Hudspeth, PhD, APRN

    Practice and Regulation Consultant
    Advanced Practice Pain Management and Palliative Care

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Randall Steven Hudspeth, PhD, APRN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

  • Barbara St. Marie, PhD, AGPCNP, FAANP

    Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
    University of Iowa

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Barbara St. Marie, PhD, AGPCNP, FAANP, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

  • Edwin A. Salsitz, MD, DFASAM

    Associate Clinical Professor Psychiatry
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Edwin A. Salsitz, MD, DFASAM, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

  • Reviewers and Test Item Writers

    Alan Agins, PhD; David Bazzo, MD; Annette Carron, DO; Michael Cheshire, DO; Ron Crossno, MD; Katherine Galluzzi, DO; Carol Havens, MD; Randall Hudspeth, PhD, APRN; Nicol Joseph, DO; Becki Loveless, PA; Shorin Nemeth, DO; Cheri Olson, MD; Dennis Rivenburgh, PA; Edwin Salsitz, MD; Joe Shega, MD; Barbara St. Marie, PhD, NP

    Disclosures

    All Faculty Advisory Panel Members have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Content Planners

  • Robin Heyden; Cynthia Kear, MDiv; Sheila Robertson

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: All CO*RE Content Planners have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

CO*RE Faculty Advisory Panel

  • David Bazzo, MD

    Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
    University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

  • Ron Crossno, MD

    Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
    Kindred At Home

  • Katherine Galluzzi, DO

    Professor and Chair Department of Geriatrics
    Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • Carol Havens, MD

    Director of Physician Education and Development
    Kaiser Permanente, Northern California

  • Randall Steven Hudspeth, PhD, APRN

    Practice and Regulation Consultant
    Advanced Practice Pain Management and Palliative Care

  • Dennis Rivenburgh, PA-C, DFAAPA

    Physician Assistant at LifeBridge Health Sports Medicine Institute

  • Barbara St. Marie, PhD, AGPCNP, FAANP

    Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
    University of Iowa

  • Ed Salsitz, MD, DFASAM

    Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center

  • Disclosures

    All Faculty Advisory Panel Members have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Medscape, LLC staff have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Editor

  • Kathy Merlo

    Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosures: Kathy Merlo, disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

CME Reviewer / Nurse Planner

  • Amy Bernard, MS, BSN, RN-BC, CHCP

    Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Amy Bernard, MS, BSN, RN-BC, CHCP, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

    Medscape, LLC staff have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships.

AAFP Reviewer

  • Charles P. Vega, MD, FAAFP

    Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
    University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
    Irvine, California

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Charles P. Vega, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
    Served as an advisor or consultant for: Genentech; GlaxoSmithKline
     


Accreditation Statements

Presented by Medscape, a member of the Collaborative for Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Education (CO*RE), nine interdisciplinary organizations working together to improve pain management and prevent adverse outcomes. http://core-rems.org

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies (RPC). Please see this document for a list of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

 

Medscape

 
Interprofessional Continuing Education

In support of improving patient care, Medscape, LLC 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.

Interprofessional Continuing Education

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 3.5 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

 

    For Physicians

  • Medscape, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.5 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. Aggregate participant data will be shared with commercial supporters of this activity.

    This Enduring Material activity, REAL CO*RE Pain Management and Opioids: Balancing Risks and Benefits , has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 3.50 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP certification begins 10/25/2019. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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    For Nurses

  • Awarded 3.5 contact hour(s) of continuing nursing education for RNs and APNs; 3.5 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology.

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    For Pharmacists

  • Medscape, LLC designates this continuing education activity for 3.5 contact hour(s) (0.35 CEUs) (Universal Activity Number JA0007105-0000-19-474-H01-P).

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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

REAL CO*RE
Pain Management and Opioids: Balancing Risks and Benefits

Authors: REAL CO*RE Contributing FacultyFaculty and Disclosures
THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT

CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 10/30/2019

Valid for credit through: 10/30/2020, 11:59 PM EST

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