Pain Management & Opioids: A Patient-Centered Approach

Pain Management & Opioids: A Patient-Centered Approach

Created January 2025
On-Demand Course

Overview

This 1.5 hour on-demand course provides evidence-based education on pain management and opioid use disorder (OUD). This course covers the pathophysiology of pain, patient assessment, creating patient-centered pain treatment plans, nonpharmacologic pain management options, and strategies for managing patients on opioid analgesics.

This course meets many states’ opioid education requirements and complies with the FDA’s Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) education requirements as outlined in the October 2023 "Blueprint".

The target audience includes a broad range of primary care providers, physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, nurses, pharmacists, and PAs. Learners should have some clinical experience in treating patients with new or existing pain and in utilizing basic communication skills.

The ACGME Competencies include: Patient Care and Procedural Skills and Medical Knowledge.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, learners will be able to:

• Recognize the origin(s) and types of pain as they relate to pain management and opioid use disorder (OUD).
• Fully assess persons experiencing pain, including risk for OUD.
• Develop safe and effective pain management plans using nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic (non-opioid or opioid) options.
• Partner with patients to reduce risks when taking opioid therapy.

Registration Rates

*Residents, Fellows-in-training, Interns, and Students must join ASAM to receive a discounted registration rate. Click here to become an ASAM member. National and Chapter membership dues apply. There is no charge for Students to become a Member, but verification of student status is required.

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Refunds & Cancellations

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Open Registration: 1/20/2025 - 12/31/2027

Close Access Date: 1/20/2028

Acknowledgement

The curriculum was developed by the Collaborative for REMS Education (CO*RE) http://core-rems.org and is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies (RPC).

Instructions

1. Click on the Contents tab to begin this activity. View all 4 videos of the course.
2. Click Complete Post Test to answer multiple choice questions. Participants will have 10 attempts to pass and must answer 7 out of 10 questions correctly.
3. Click Complete Evaluation to provide valuable activity feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window. 
4. Click the button Claim Medical Credits in the box titled Claim Credits & Certificate. Choose the type of credit and click submit. Click the button View/Print Certificate to save or print your certificate. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the ASAM e-Learning Center, clicking Dashboard, and clicking Transcript/Achievements.

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Accreditation & Credits

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the American Society of Addiction Medicine 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.

Credits Available

• Physicians: 1.5 Credit(s)
• Certified Counselors: NBCC Contact Hours Not offered

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)/Continuing Certification Program (CCP)

This activity is designed to meet the requirements for MOC/CCP for several primary physician boards and for state licensing CME requirements. MOC Credit is only reported and designated for ABA, ABP, ABIM, and ABS. By completing the online credit application and evaluation, the learner permits ASAM to report credits to the appropriate Board. Learn more.

• ABIM MOC Points: 1.5 Medical Knowledge | 1.5 Patient Safety
• ABP MOC: 1.5 Lifelong Learning & Self-Assessment
• ABS Continuing Certification: 1.5 Accredited CME
• ABA MOCA 2.0®*: 1.5 Lifelong Learning | 1.5 Patient Safety

Additionally, this activity has been designed to satisfy the requirements of the following primary physician board certification requirements. Please confirm with your individual Board.

• American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM)
• American Board of Preventative Medicine (ABPM)
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)

Certificates for other professions

All participants may request a certificate of participation upon completion of the activity and an online evaluation confirming their participation. Learners are strongly advised to contact their professional licensing board or professional association to confirm this certificate will be accepted as evidence supporting continuing education requirements.

California Association for Drug/Alcohol Educators (CAADE)

This educational program is approved by CAADE: #CP40 999 1225.

California Association of DUI Treatment Centers (CADTP)

This educational program is approved by CADTP: #205.

California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)

This educational program is approved by CCAPP: #OS-20-330-1224.

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the disclosure policies of ASAM and Joint Accreditation, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all accredited continuing education activities. These policies include identifying and mitigating all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved in the creation and dissemination of accredited continuing education.

See the attached pdf for a list of disclosures.

  American Society of Addiction Medicine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7062. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. American Society of Addiction Medicine is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

MOCA 2.0® is a trademark of the American board of Anesthesiology®.
This activity contributes to the patient safety CME requirement for Part II: Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment of the American board of Anesthesiology's (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® (MOCA®), known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, https://www.theaba.org/, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

The complete list of disclosures and designation statements are linked below.