Continuing Medical Education: Primary Care CME: The Truth About Opioid Pain Management: Patient Evaluation, Addiction, Physical Dependence, and Federal Regulations: National Association for Continuing Education (NACE): August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2011
National Association for Continuing Education (NACE)
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The Truth About Opioid Pain Management: Patient Evaluation, Addiction, Physical Dependence, and Federal Regulations
CME Sponsor:
National Association for Continuing Education (NACE)
Location:
This is a web-based CME activity
Course Instructors/Directors:
Dr. Heit
Harvey Parker, PhD
Michelle Frisch, MPH
Alan Goodstat, LCSW
Number of Credits:
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Registration Fee:
Free
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Detailed Description:
This webcast was captured live at the NACE Emerging Challenges in Primary Care Series: Update 2009 and features Dr. Howard Heit. Dr. Heit is Certified in Addiction Medicine and as a Medical Review Officer Chronic Pain Specialist. He is Assistant Clinical Professor at Georgetown University in Fairfax, VA.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this
program, learners should be able to:
- Adequately assess pain severity
- Explain DEA, Federal, and State Medical Board statutes in the utilization and documentation of opiate therapy
- Utilize evidence based guidelines to improve opioid therapy in clinical practice
- Identify addiction, pseudo-addiction, opiate physical dependence and the appropriate approaches to treatment of each problem
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