Date & Location
Monday, January 3, 2022, 12:00 AM - Friday, October 17, 2025, 11:00 PM

Course Overview


This course is complimentary to participate on and is available ONLY to Penn Employees.
The goal of the educational activity is to change the paradigm towards more judicious opioid prescribing by providing an overview of the opioid epidemic and identifying strategies for clinicians to safely manage and treat acute and chronic pain, promote adherence to new prescribing guidelines and promote harm reduction with opioid use. New Joint Commission requirements issued January 1, 2018 mandate that our health system provide educational resources to address these key areas.

Last Review Date: 7/7/22

Target Audience
Specialties - EMERGENCY MEDICINE, EMERGENCY MEDICINE - Pain Medicine, FAMILY MEDICINE, FAMILY MEDICINE - Adolescent Medicine, FAMILY MEDICINE - Pain Medicine, PEDIATRICS - Adolescent Medicine, PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - Pain Medicine, PSYCHIATRY
Professions - Healthcare Administration, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Physician Assistants, Physicians


Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:


  1. Provide an overview of the opioid crisis on a national, state and local level.
  2. List pain mechanisms/pathways and multi-modal treatment strategies for pain.
  3. Review the new prescribing guidelines from the CDC and Penn Medicine.
  4. Explain the use of drugs that reverse toxic opioid effects and drugs utilized to combat opioid use disorder

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Penn Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance / Participation (1.00 hours), NCPD Hours (ANCC) (1.00 hours), ACPE (1.00 hours), Opioid Education (1.00 hours), American Academy of Physician Assistants (1.00 hours), Pharmacotherapeutic Contact Hours (0.50 hours)