Time Commitment: 4 Hrs 0 min over 42 days
Credits Available: 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™, 4.5 ANCC contact hours, 4.5 ACPE contact hours

Assessment and treatment of pain are challenges for healthcare providers and health systems. Treatment with opioid medications can decrease pain functionality but also may result in opioid tolerance, dependence, misuse, and overdose. It is important that opioids be prescribed judiciously to prevent and/or mitigate these potential harms.


CME/CE Accreditation Information

Self Study

Live Group Discussions

  • Meet and Greet (optional)

    Please use this session to gather the group and share an overview of the course plus answer questions.

  • Areas of Challenge Specific to the Group Regarding the Assessment and Management of Pain and Opioid Use Disorder

    This Live Group Discussion will focus on the Baseline self-assessment and the content of the self-study modules. Group Members are encouraged to actively participate by discussing any challenges they are encountering and responding to other members' contributions.

Group Tasks

  • Assessing Pain and Developing a Treatment Plan for a Patient with Chronic Pain

    This Group Task will enable you to practice the clinical skills that are necessary to safely and effectively prescribe opioids as part of a pain control treatment plan.

Interested in becoming a Group Leader?

Requirements:
Group Leaders do not need to be experts in pain management and opioid use disorder, but should have 5+ years of clinical experience and skill as a group facilitator. GLs will be trained in the curriculum and use of the Gather-Ed platform. They will coach their Group Members throughout the group experience, but especially toward their completion of all content modules, and host a live Group Discussion (Zoom meeting) and assign group task questions to Group Members. Apply Now

Interested in participating in this curriculum? You can join one of the following groups:

Tammie Payne, NP
CRNP, CDCES
Srijana Dhakal, FNP
FNP
CH
Catherine Harper, MSN
FNP
Frank North, Pharm.D.
Instructional Assistant Professor | National President, NPhA
VM
Vijaysinha Mandhare, Md
Medical Director
TS
Terry South, BSN, MSN, ARNP
Owner, NP-C
Atara Minster, PA-C
Physician Assistant
JC
Joseph Cabaret, MD
MD/Instructor
AS
Alan Steinbach, MD
CLINICAL PROFESSOR EMERITUS
Cuong Vu, MD
Medical Director
AH
Allison Hill, PharmD
Pharmacy Affairs
GW
Gary Washington, FNP
NP
Nauman Piracha, MD
Vice Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
Shail Maingi, MD
Attending, DFCI Network Health Equity and Inclusion Liaison
AZ
Andrew Zupicich, BS Pharmacy
AHF Pharmacist - Strategic Response Team
HG
Heather Givans, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Latoya Freeman, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cathleen Kilmartin, NP
Sean Conroy, MPAS
Physician Assistant

Completed Groups

Sergey Motov, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Completed
Puneet Braich, MD
Clinician
Completed
Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Completed
Karen Myrick
associate professor and nurse practitioner
Completed
Melvin Rivera, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Thoracic, Head and Neck Medical Oncology
Completed
Mark Baskerville, MD, JD, MBA, MA
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Completed
Elijah Parks, MD
Medical Doctor, Group Leader, MPH candidate
Completed
Brian Policastro, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Completed
Puneet Braich, MD
Clinical Instructor
Completed
Sergey Motov, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Completed
Daniel Thibodeau, MHP, PA-C, DHSc
Associate Professor
Completed
Kara Cossis
Director Advanced Practice Providers
Completed
Sarah Jax
Nurse Practitioner
Completed
Theresa Baxter, MSN NP
NP
Completed
Kristen Clancy, PharmD
Director
Completed
RM
Ryan Marable, PharmD
Medical Information Specialist
Completed
Holly Canupp, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner
Completed
Haley Kemp, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Completed
Patricia Wesch, DNP
Adult Nurse Practitioner
Completed
Puneet Braich, MD
Clinical Instructor
Completed
Puneet Braich, MD
Clinical Instructor
Completed
Summer Baumstark, M.M.S., PA-C
Physician Assistant
Completed
Himayapsill Batista Quevedo, PharmD
Clinical Pain Pharmacist Practitioner
Completed
Shuler Harmon, PharmD
Independent Consultant Pharmacist
Completed
Kathryn Bacci, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Completed
Steven Lobel, MD
MD
Completed
IF
Ian Forde, MBBS
House Officer Emergency Medicine
Completed
Betty Lee-Hoang, MD
MD
Completed
AB
Aminta Bhatia, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Completed
Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Completed
Sherif Badawy, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant
Completed
Jessica Geiger, PharmD, MS
Pharmacy Coordinator
Completed
Allen Fein, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Completed
RB
Richard Boortz-Marx, MD
Consultant
Completed
Darren Mensch, PharmD
Clinical Ambulatory Pharmacist - Population Health
Completed
Mark Baskerville, MD, JD, MBA, MA
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Completed
Stephanie Simon, MSN
Nurse practitioner
Completed
Telyssa Anderson, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Completed
Amanda Ward, PharmD
NPhA Group Leader
Completed
AM
Afisulahi Maiyegun, MBBS
Dr
Completed
Brian Nambale, RN
Palliative care specialist, APRN
Completed
Albania Mitchell, Pharm.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Completed
CA
Cherie Avants, MSN
Nurse Practitioner
Completed
Karen Myrick
associate professor and nurse practitioner
Completed
Brian Policastro, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Completed
Linh Le, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Completed
LD
Linda Dove McIntyre, RN
Executive Director
Completed
Monica Mikael, DNP
Nurse Practitioner
Completed
LF
Latoya Freeman, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG
CNS
Completed