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By National Association for Continuing Education (NACE)
Published on 04/23/2010
 

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

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.


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:

  1. Adequately assess pain severity
  2. Explain DEA, Federal, and State Medical Board statutes in the utilization and documentation of opiate therapy
  3. Utilize evidence based guidelines to improve opioid therapy in clinical practice
  4. Identify addiction, pseudo-addiction, opiate physical dependence and the appropriate approaches to treatment of each problem