Striking a Balance: Understanding Pain Management
and Opioids
Free Online CME Developed In Cooperation With CO*RE
This free-for-members CME meets the DEA mandated 8 hours of Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act. Read more about MATE: New DEA training requirement: who has to do it, and how to get it done.
Opioid misuse continues to be a medical crisis. This CME explores three medical cases to enhance your ability to recognize and manage patient pain:
- 45-year-old male with diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- 30-year-old self-medicating pregnant woman with previous MVA
- 70-year-old male with prostate cancer metastatic to bones
Course content includes video modules, tools, and resources, plus touches upon treating patients during COVID and via telehealth.
Clare Arnot Hawkins, MD, FAAFP
Upon completion of this CME activity, you should be able to:
- Describe the pathophysiology of pain as it relates to the concepts of pain management.
- Accurately assess patients in pain.
- Develop a safe and effective pain treatment plan.
- Identify the risks and benefits of opioid therapy.
- Manage ongoing opioid therapy.
- Recognize behaviors that may be associated with opioid use disorder.
The CAFP hereby grants the AAFP a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the CAFP's and/or the Collaboration's name and logo in the AAFP's communications about the REMS CME provided hereunder. Except as expressly provided in this letter, neither party will use the other's name, logo, trademarks, and/or service marks for any purpose in any format without prior written permission in each instance.
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The AAFP has reviewed Striking a Balance: Understanding Pain Management and Opioids and deemed it acceptable for up to 2 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 9/4/2024 to 9/3/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this Enduring Materials for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.