Management of Opioids and Chronic Pain in the Primary Care Setting
Management of Opioids and Chronic Pain in the Primary Care Setting is organized by The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education.
Release Date: 06/01/2022
Expiration Date: 05/31/2025
Description:
The Center for Innovation in Academic Detailing on Opioids (CIAO), at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, has prepared online coursework modules with the aim of educating learners on topics related to the management of opioids and chronic pain in the primary care setting as well as how to communicate relevant information to patients and providers.
The curriculum consists of eleven (11) short on-demand courses, which can be completed in any order. A certificate of credit will be issued for each module individually, with an option to print a certificate including all credits earned upon completion of the curriculum. Courses will be released over time, and include:
Learning Objectives
At the completion of the entire curriculum, the participant should be able to:
• Apply knowledge of opioid and overdose basics, naloxone mechanism of action and formulations, and patient acceptability, to improve prescriber practices;
• Apply knowledge of opioid use disorder, including diagnosis and treatment, to clinical practices in different patient populations;
• Apply knowledge of indications, contraindications, and general tenets of starting buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder;
• Apply knowledge of common substance use disorder diagnoses, treatments, and panel management in primary care;
• Apply knowledge of screening and confirmatory drug testing practices in support of treatment for opioid use disorder;
• Apply knowledge of pain and function assessments to opioid stewardship, and describe monitoring for opioid use disorder;
• Apply knowledge of non-pharmacologic treatments and non-opioid pharmacologic treatments for chronic pain to the correct patient type;
• Apply knowledge of the steps for determining if opioids should be considered for chronic pain and how to assess a patient already on opioid therapy;
• List, and apply to the correct patient type, risks to reducing opioid therapy;
• Demonstrate best practices of shared decision-making for opioid therapy with a patient;
• Apply knowledge of concepts and communication skills of motivational interviewing and give examples of each in practice;
• Apply knowledge of the needs assessment, delivering key messages, handling objections, and closing the visit, to promote prescriber behavior change.
