Description
November 1, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm
Description:
This case- based presentation will discuss the latest evidence on treating chronic pain in individuals who use substances. The audience will come away with a framework for approaching this clinical challenge including identifying when prescribed opioids may be appropriate. The talk will touch on acute patient management in patients on medications for opioid use disorder.
Learning Objectives:
- Utilize treatment approaches, including multimodal treatments, to manage chronic pain in patients with co-occurring chronic pain and SUD.
- Employ non-opioid medications that can be effective at helping manage chronic pain in patients with substance use disorder.
- Apply the safeguards needed for prescription opioid analgesia in patients with SUD.
Presenter:
Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH
Dr. Liebschutz is a primary care and addiction medicine physician, substance use researcher, educator, and administrator. She is Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC. Her clinical and research agenda focuses on prevention and treatment of opioid use disorders, including safe opioid prescribing and disseminating treatments for opioid use disorders in non-specialty medical settings. She advocates for harm reduction and is passionate about physician wellness.
Audience:
Prescribing clinicians and their teams
Continuing Medical Education
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Contact Hours
1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category I contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contact hours for Alcohol and Drug Counselors pending approval by the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors
1 contact hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
