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Pain Management and the Intersection of Pain and Opioid Use Disorder

About the Course

This course examines pain management and ways to reduce chances of the patient developing OUD by using other methods for treating pain. It includes: the scope of the problem of pain, opioid analgesics, non-opioid pharmacologic treatments, interventional pain therapies, non-pharmacologic treatments, differences in pain experiences and treatment effectiveness among sub-populations, and the intersection between pain and opioid use disorder.

This course is based on the article, Pain Management and the Intersection of Pain and Opioid Use Disorder created by the Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse in 2017.

Publication Date

2017

Course Material Author

Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse

Board on Health Sciences Policy, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin

L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Recommended For

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Identify other pharmacological interventions for pain.
  2. Summarize non-pharmacological interventions for pain.
  3. Extrapolate procedural interventions for pain.

Availability

This course is available starting Jul 21st, 2020 and expires Jan 4th, 2037

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

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Course Number 102856
3 CE credit hours
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Exam Fee $17.91
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