Gather-ed - Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Pain Management in an Ever-Evolving Opioid Epidemic: 2024

Time Commitment:	4.5 hours over 4 weeks
Credits Available:	4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™, 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. This course presents a novel educational initiative designed to improve healthcare quality, address racial and ethnic disparities and inequities in the care of patients experiencing pain and at risk for addiction.

CME/CE Accreditation Information

Self Study

Meeting The Challenge Of Pain Management In An Ever-Evolving Opioid Epidemic: 2024 - Baseline Assessment

How much do you already know about safe opioid prescribing? This short self-assessment activity will let you test your knowledge about this ongoing public health challenge. Please follow the prompts to complete the self-assessment.
Module 1: The Epidemiology of Pain - 2024

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid overdose epidemic had entered a fourth, increasingly deadly phase. This self-study module reviews the key epidemiologic trends that clinicians need to know about today’s challenging and constantly evolving pain management landscape.
Module 2: Disparities in Overdose Deaths and Access to OUD Treatment - 2024
Module 3: Assessment of Pain and Initiation of Treatment - 2024

Your initial assessment may be the most important factor in devising an effective pain management plan that also prioritizes patient safety. This self-study module outlines prescribing, patient education, and risk mitigation strategies for appropriate opioid prescribing.
Module 4: Acute Pain Management - 2024

How confident are you about when to use—and when to avoid—opioids for patients with acute pain? This self-study module will help you determine whether the benefits of a short course of opioids are likely to outweigh the risks.
Module 5: Chronic Pain Management - 2024

Chronic pain is common—yet it is uniquely challenging to manage appropriately, especially when the patient has risk factors for opioid misuse and/or comorbidities. This self-study module provides guidance on how to balance the benefits and risks/harms of opioid therapy.
Module 6: Prescribing Guidelines and Specialist Care - 2024

Healthcare providers who prescribe opioids must remain up to date on both federal and state requirements for opioid prescribing. These requirements change periodically, and it is up to the healthcare provider to make sure that they are familiar with the requirements that pertain
Module 7: Opioid Misuse and Opioid Use Disorder - 2024

Despite effective treatments for opioid use disorder, overdose death rates continue to climb. This self-study module shows how clinicians, including primary care providers, can improve outcomes in patients receiving opioid treatment through careful education and monitoring.
Meeting The Challenge Of Pain Management In An Ever-Evolving Opioid Epidemic: 2024 - Final Assessment

How much do you already know about safe opioid prescribing? This short self-assessment activity will let you test your knowledge about this ongoing public health challenge. Please follow the prompts to complete the self-assessment.

Live Group Discussions

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

This interactive Live Group Discussion provides an opportunity for Group Members to exchange information and discuss patient challenges.

Group Challenge

Case challenge - Managing Pain for a patient with Sickle Cell Disease

Meet John, a 19-year-old African American male with a previous diagnosis of homozygous sickle cell disease.
Case Challenge - Managing Pain for a patient with Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Meet Rita, a 34-year-old White female with Fibromyalgia.

My Action Plans

Create your Pain Management Action Plan

In light of the information reviewed and discussed during this program, can you share an action plan that you will implement to improve the outcomes for your patients with chronic pain.

Interested in becoming a Group Leader?

Requirements:
Healthcare professionals with experience or interest in pain management can lead a group. Group Leaders are trained in the curriculum and use of the Gather-Ed platform. Apply Now