Core curriculum

Overview

This online activity is meant to be taken sequentially, see the steps below.

1. Register
   Create an account or log in to your existing account.
2. Online module
   After registering you can then participate in the online activity: Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education. This activity consists of a patient case presentation, is two hours long and is set up as two separate one-hour modules.

   Important note for clinicians who practice in New York
   In order to fulfill educational requirements for the State of New York, after completing this core activity, you must also take an additional module: "Managing Pain and Opioid Use: An Educational Program on Compliance with New York State Prescribing Laws."

   In order to begin the New York-specific module, you'll need to submit a $25 payment.

3. Post-assessment survey
   There is a post-test after each module. You will be able to receive your continuing education certificate after you complete both modules and receive a cumulative score of 70% or better on the post-tests. BOTH one-hour modules must be completed in order to earn your online certificate of credit.
4. Follow-up online survey
   There will also be an online follow-up survey distributed two months after completion of the program in order to further measure participant's changes in knowledge and behavior.

What is this online training about?

SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing education activities designed to help you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics. Through the case of Michelle Jones, a 36-year-old who has a displaced right femoral neck fracture due to a motor vehicle crash, you'll learn how to:

1. Assess pain and function
2. Educate patients about opioid risks and limitations of benefit
3. Assess for opioid misuse risk
4. Develop patient-centered treatment goals
5. Monitor patients prescribed opioids for benefits and harms
6. Use a risk-benefit framework when initiating, maintaining, modifying, or tapering opioid analgesics
7. Diagnose and manage patients with opioid use disorder with or without concurrent pain

Who is this for?

Physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals whose practices manage acute and chronic pain.

Partners

This activity was planned in collaboration with the Federation of State Medical Boards.

Disclosure of support

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://opioidanalgesicrems.com/Resources/Docs/List_of_RPC_Companies.pdf for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Date of release: 10/1/2024
Date of expiration: 9/30/2025