For Primary Care and Other Medical Providers

CME:
Coming in late 2010
Initial Assessment of Pain Patients

Assessment for substance use disorders (and risk) at initial evaluation of pain patients
Initiating Pain Treatment

Minimizing risk of substance use disorders when initially treating pain patients with controlled substances
Ongoing Management of Pain Patients

Patient management during ongoing treatment of chronic pain to prevent and detect substance Misuse and Addiction


Avoiding Diversion and Following Regulations

Protecting your medical practice from diversion problems and other problems related to practice management

Remote, Live Standardized Patient Courses
  • Practice clinical applications.
  • Earn CME by interviewing our patient actors via live online chat
  • 10 to 20 minute interview in 1 hour CME course
  • Receive feedback and targeted learning material
  • On demand periods or schedule a time
  1. Cases by Pain Diagnosis

    Treating common pain conditions while minimizing risk of misuse and addiction: back pain, headache, acute pain from trauma, arthritis, neuropathy, fibromyalgia

  2. Cases by Substance Use Problem and Stage of Treatment

    Treating pain when there are various types of substance use problems or stages of treatment: Pseudoaddiction vs. Substance abuse; Chemical coping vs. addiction; Untreated addiction, in addiction treatment, and past addiction

(Standardized patient courses coming in late 2010)

Guides to Key Information:

Key Info Guides

Step-by-step guides for physicians and other medical providers to combine clinical skills and tools needed in pain and addiction; for example, Government Regulations on Prescribing Controlled Substances, Patient Treatment Agreements, & Urine Drug Testing.

  1. Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

    Guidelines for prescribing opioids in general and for specific, common pain conditions


  2. Government Regulations on Prescribing Controlled Substances

    A synopsis of Federal and State regulations and access to the complete regulations


  3. Assessment Tools

    Screening tools and assessments for substance use problems (or risk) to use before prescribing; assessments for substance use problems during ongoing treatment. Also pain and function assessment tools and anxiety and depression assessment tools.


  4. Prescription Monitoring Programs

    Information and resources about the development & role of Prescription Monitoring Programs and their usage in clinical practice.


  5. Informed Consent and Written Treatment Agreements

    Informed Consent: Requirements for Informed Consent. Patient Treatment Agreements: Written information on patient's and provider's roles and expectations in long term opioid treatment. The relationship between these two documents.


  6. Urine Drug Testing

    Practical clinical information on using and interpreting UDT's as part of a chronic pain treatment program.

Resources:

Where to Refer Your Patients Treatment Locaters

Find pain and addiction specialists or treatment centers in your area

Other Resources Websites, podcasts, PDFs, and Powerpoint presentations, searchable by keyword or category

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Surveys:

All health care providers

University or VA-based physicians

Recent medical school/residency graduates