Pain Core Curriculum Module 13: Pain Medication and Adolescents: Special Considerations - CME - Guideline Central

CME

Title
Pain Core Curriculum Module 13: Pain Medication and Adolescents: Special Considerations
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Description
Activity Description: Participants will be introduced to the vocabulary of addiction and the root causes of addiction especially in the adolescent, as well as the epidemiology of opioid overdoses and deaths in the United States as a public health phenomenon, with particular attention paid to the decreasing rate of illicit opioid use in adolescents over the past decade. The learner will also, with this background, have reinforced the predicates of opioid misuse in adolescents and, through clinical examples, learn how to recognize possible misuse and address misuse in adolescents seen in a medical setting. Finally, safe prescribing principles will be introduced
Target Audience
Physicians
Learning Objectives
  • Review data regarding the development of OUD during adolescence
  • Develop skills to provide information about the risks of opioids as an important component of treating adolescents.
  • Recognize that the basic principles of safe opioid prescribing pertain to adolescents as well as adults.
Estimated Duration
75 minutes
Delivery Mode
Online
Format
Online Learning
Specialties
Pediatrics, Internal Medicine - General, Family Medicine, Critical Care, Primary Care
Professions
Physician
Disclosures and Disclaimers
Accreditation Statement: The Stanford Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Credit Designation Statement: The Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accredited Providers
  • Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
Activity Expiration Date
February 24, 2028
Credit Information
Credit TypeUnits / Unit TypeBoard
AAPA Category 1 Credit1.25 CreditsACCME- Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
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