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EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN WITH OPIOID ANALGESICS, 2ND EDITION COURSE ONE | 6 CREDITS SATISFIES THE MANDATORY 3.5 CREDIT HOUR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL PRESCRIBERS. This course is designed for all physicians and other health care professionals involved in the management of patients with pain. It is designed to increase physician knowledge and skills about guideline-recommended principles of pain management, the range of opioid and non-opioid analgesic treatment options, and specific strategies for minimizing opioid analgesic prescription, diversion, and abuse. This activity discusses the management of chronic and acute pain in a variety of patient populations. It reviews evidence for non-opioid therapies, including non-drug and non-opioid drug options, as well as current evidence regarding opioid efficacy, harms, and overdose prevention with naloxone, and how to slowly and safely taper opioid doses. BURNOUT IN PHYSICIANS COURSE TWO | 5 CREDITS The prevalence of burnout among physicians is higher than that among the general U.S. population. The purpose of this course is to provide information on personal and professional strategies to cope with stress and avoid burnout.
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