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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

SCOPE of Pain Live Meeting -Tuesday, July 10 2018, Milford H


When:
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 5:15 PM thru 08:45 PM
Where:

Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 5:15 - 8:45pm
(dinner included, registration starts at 5:00pm)

Milford Hospital
300 Seaside Avenue, Milford CT

  • SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing chronic pain. The training includes the assessment of opioid misuse risk and how to manage opioid therapy including opioid tapers using a patient-centered approach.
     
  • Earn Credits for: CME, CNE, ABIM MOC Part II, Risk Management and Opioid Education


Learn validated clinical tools that can be integrated into busy clinical practices and clinical pearls for managing patients already on chronic opioid therapy.

Tuition: $25

Target Audience: physicians, advance practice nurses, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and allied healthcare professionals

SCOPE of Pain Milford is provided by Boston University School of Medicine, with local partners Milford Hospital, Milford Prevention Council, the Connecticut Opioid Response Initiative, the Yale School of Medicine, and the New England High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program. National collaborators include the Council of Medical Specialty Societies and the Federation of State Medical Boards.

Why offer this training? The FDA has mandated manufacturers of extended release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesics, as part of a comprehensive Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), to make available comprehensive prescriber education in the safe use of these medications. Our training is based on the FDA curriculum known as the Blueprint for Prescriber Education for Extended Release and Long-Acting Opioid (ER/LA) Analgesics. Our curriculum covers all aspects of this blueprint and more to provide a comprehensive educational program.

Course Director and Speaker:
Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH | Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Faculty:
William Becker, MD | Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine

Daniel G. Tobin, MD, FACP | Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Yale Primary Care


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Accreditation
Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Boston University School of Medicine with local partners Milford Hospital, Milford Prevention Council, the Connecticut Opioid Response Initiative, the Yale School of Medicine, and the New England High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program.  Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Nurses
Continuing Nursing Education Provider Unit, Boston University School of Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.  CNE Contact Hours: 3.25, all of which is pharmacology credit-worthy

AAFP
This Live activity, SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education, from 12/7/17 - 12/7/18, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 2.00 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity., has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 2.00 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Part II
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn 2 MOC points and patient safety MOC credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.  It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Disclosure of Support
This educational activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Extended-Release/Long-Acting Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see http://ce.er-la-opioidrems.com/IwgCEUI/rems/pdf/List_of_RPC_Companies.pdf for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Extended-Release/Long-Acting Opioid Analgesics REMS education requirements issued by the US Food & Drug Administration.

 

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