• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  This session is part of the General Pain Specialty Series, which explores overall pain management considerations, best practices, and pain conditions. This module will cover various common clinical conundrum situations revolving around pain management. This module aims to help identify appropriate treatment options for patients with pain who have a higher risk of opioid abuse, while recognizing appropriate steps for dismissing a patient from a patient and provider relationship. The federally mandated corresponding responsibility of the pharmacist is discussed within the context of challenges specific to pain management. Appropriate referral resources for substance-use disorder and drug diversion/abuse are also discussed.
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   22161H08_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   22161H08_6pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Recognize appropriate treatment options for patients with pain who have a higher risk of opioid abuse

  Recognize appropriate actions for a pharmacist related to the federally mandated corresponding responsibility to ensure the legitimate medical purpose and usual course of practice for any given prescription

  Recall appropriate referral resources within substance-use disorder and drug diversion/abuse for patients and healthcare professionals alike

  Recognize appropriate steps that a healthcare professional should take while dismissing a patient from a patient-provider relationship

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-919085

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-22-161-H08-P
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Mark  Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE, CTTS Assistant Professor, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy

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