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11.50 CME Credit

P.A.C.T.: Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain

As a clinician, you face the dual challenge of treating pain in countless patients while combating the opioid crisis. Pri-Med's P.A.C.T. program empowers you with the skills to effectively diagnose and treat pain holistically, highlighting both opioid and nonopioid options. You'll master the safe integration of opioids into personalized pain management, mitigate risks, and identify signs of opioid dependence. Gain the expertise to optimally manage your patients' pain and medication use to make a positive impact on public health. 

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CME Information

11.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 11.50 ABIM MOC or 11.51 AANP, including 4.95 AANP Pharm

Release Date: 11/16/2023

Available for credit until 10/31/2024

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Faculty

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss the definitions and mechanisms of pain
  • Identify risk factors and stratification for opioid-related aberrant behavior and opioid use disorder as part of the initial assessment
  • Apply individualized recommendations for nonpharmacologic and non-opioid treatment options for patients in pain
  • Review general characteristics of opioid analgesics including their intended use and risks
  • Differentiate among tolerance, physical dependence, and manifestations of opioid use disorder
  • Recognize best practices to reduce the risks associated with prescription of opioid analgesics, including safe storage and disposal
  • Anticipate and manage adverse effects of opioid use including signs of opioid overdose and the use of naloxone
  • Select approaches to safely initiate opioids for the treatment of acute pain and chronic pain
  • Identify strategies for ongoing safe and effective use of opioids in patients with chronic pain, including titration, referral, and discontinuation, when appropriate
  • Summarize counseling strategies for caregivers and patients on opioid therapy
  • Act appropriately to evaluate, treat, or refer patients with opioid use disorder
     

Core Curriculum

7.00 CME/CE CREDITS

4 Courses

Reinforcement Courses

Faculty Disclosures

Charles E. Argoff, MD, FABPM

Vice Chair, Albany Medical College, Professor of Neurology and Urology

Director, Comprehensive Pain Center, Albany Medical Center, Director, Pain Management Fellowship, Albany, New York

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Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Senior Vice-Chair, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo School of Medicine

Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

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Katherine E. Galluzzi, DO, CMD, FACOFP

Professor and Chairperson, Department of Geriatrics, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

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Commercial Supporter

Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies 

Education Partner

Miller Medical Communications, LLC 

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P.A.C.T.: Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain

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