Pain Management in Practice: Key Principles for Primary Care Providers - Part 1

Overview

Primary Care Clinicians are at the front line of two powerful health challenges—managing pain responsibly while confronting the realities of opioid misuse and dependence.
Pri-Med’s Pain Management in Practice: Key Principals for PCPs delivers a dynamic, forward-thinking curriculum designed to help clinicians confidently navigate this evolving space. Clinicians will explore the newest insights in pain management, from innovative non-opioid therapies and multimodal treatment approaches to practical tools for identifying, managing, and tapering opioids safely.
Built around real-world cases, expert guidance, and evidence-based strategies, this program equips clinicians with the knowledge and skills to relieve pain, reduce risk, and elevate the quality of care for every patient.

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The session "Pain Management in Practice: Key Principles for Primary Care Providers - Part 1" (0.75 hours) is designed to satisfy requirements for MCSR licensees who prescribe controlled substances, as well as CME/CE requirements related to risk management, controlled substances, pain management or addiction/opioids, substance abuse, prescription opioid drugs and alternatives to opioids for CT/RI/NY/NH/NJ, and also meets training requirements for the MATE Act.

Learning Objectives

• Diagnose and manage opioid use disorder, using evidence-based approaches, including referrals to specialists when needed
• Define key concepts, mechanisms, and classifications of pain to enhance clinical understanding
• Assess pain effectively while identifying risk factors for nonmedical use of opioids, substance/opioid use disorders