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Pain Management and Opioids
Completing the module helps trainees fulfill state-mandated CME credits and ensure they know the latest guidelines and best practices for managing their patients' pain.
Engaging, case-based questions, with feedback, learning resources, and clinical tools.
Have your students complete the module by December 31 and your program will receive a one-year subscription to NEJM Knowledge+
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- Question bank reviewed by clinicians and PAs; reflects NCCPA blueprints.
- Full access to NEJM Resident 360 is included.
NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids covers the entire FDA Education Blueprint for Health Care Providers Involved in the Treatment and Monitoring of Patients with Pain.
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NEJM Knowledge+ goes beyond passive reading and rote memorization. It actively tests your knowledge to help you truly master the material. Here are some of the reasons thousands of clinicians trust NEJM Knowledge+ to help them earn CME, maintain certification, pass their board exams, and improve their confidence and clinical judgement:
- Adaptive learning technology evaluates your performance to target areas where more review is needed, ensuring your knowledge is current, comprehensive, and complete.
- Case-based questions, presented in multiple formats, keep you moving through the content in a challenging and enjoyable way.
- Study anytime, anywhere, with bite-size learning that ensures that whether you have 3 minutes or 3 hours, your learning experience will be customized to your available time.
- After you meet your CME requirements, you can continue to answer questions and review feedback in Pain Management and Opioids to keep your knowledge fresh.
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Pain management is a balancing act: your patients' need for effective pain treatment is on one side and our nation's opioid epidemic is on the other. Safer, effective, and appropriate pain management is the fulcrum.
NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids can help you achieve that balance. It is the most effective way to review current, evidence-based clinical knowledge on opioid analgesics that complies with CDC guidelines.
Safer Prescribing Starts Here
The Pain Management and Opioids Module covers the entire FDA Education Blueprint for Health Care Providers Involved in the Treatment and Monitoring of Patients with Pain, including:
The fundamental concepts of pain management, including definitions and mechanisms of pain.
How to assess patients in pain, while identifying risk factors for abuse and addiction.
The range of therapeutic options for managing pain, including non-pharmacologic approaches and pharmacologic (non-opioid and opioid analgesics) therapies.
How to integrate opioid analgesics into a pain treatment plan individualized to the needs of the patient.
How to safely and effectively manage patients on opioid analgesics in acute and chronic pain settings, including initiating therapy, titrating, and discontinuing use of opioid analgesics.
How to counsel patients and caregivers about the safe use of opioid analgesics, including proper storage and disposal.
How to counsel patients and caregivers about the use of naloxone for opioid overdose.
When referral to a pain specialist is appropriate.
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Your Partners in Medical Education
The Pain Management and Opioids modules within NEJM Knowledge+ Internal Medicine Board Review and Family Medicine Board Review are offered in partnership with Boston University School of Medicine's Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program. Thanks to an unrestricted educational grant as part of the FDA's mandated Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program, NEJM Knowledge+ is able to make this new CME Module available for free.
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Accreditation Information
- Disclosure of Support
This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://ce.opioidanalgesicrems.com/RpcCEUI/ rems/pdf/resources/ 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 US Food and Drug Administration. - Accreditation Statement
The Massachusetts Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. - AMA Credit Designation Statement
The Massachusetts Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. - Risk Management and Pain Management Credits
This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management study.
This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for opioid education.
Several states have similar requirements. Please check with your Board to determine if this activity will fulfill your state's specific requirements. - American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Points
NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids (IM) only
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 10 MOC points and patient safety MOC credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. - American Board of Family Physicians (AAFP)
NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids (FM) only
This Enduring Material activity, NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 10.00 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP certification begins 04/03/2020. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. - American Board of Medical Specialties Maintenance of Certification Part 2 Credit
Through the American Board of Medical Specialties (“ABMS”) ongoing commitment to increase access to practice relevant Continuing Certification Activities through the ABMS Continuing Certification Directory, NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids has met the requirements as an MOC Part II Self-Assessment and/or MOC Part II CME Activity (apply toward general CME requirement) for the following ABMS Member Boards:
- MOC Part II Self-Assessment Activity
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- MOC Part II CME Activity
Anesthesiology
Family Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurology
Radiology - American Academy of PAs (AAPA)
AAPA Category 1 Self Assessment CME Credits
This activity has been reviewed by the AAPA Review Panel and is compliant with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 10.00 AAPA Category 1 Self-Assessment CME credits. Approval is valid for one year from 3/31/2020. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
For NCCPA certification maintenance ONLY, NCCPA will now apply an additional 50 percent weighting when these self-assessment credits are logged for NCCPA certification maintenance purposes. PAs should log up to a maximum of 10.00 AAPA Category 1 Self-Assessment CME credits, as the additional weighting will be automatically applied by NCCPA. - American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Pharmacology Contact Hours
This activity is approved for 10.0 contact hour(s) of continuing education (which includes 10.0 hours of pharmacology) by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Activity ID 20034193. This activity was planned in accordance with AANP Accreditation Standards and Policies - ACPE Credits
Northeastern University School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This application based activity is approved for 8.0 contact hours.
The ACPE universal activity number is: 0027-9999-19-069-H01-P.
The initial release date is July 16, 2019.
The planned expiration date is July 16, 2022.
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- Sixty-two question curated into eight topic areas for streamlined learning.
- Case-based questions, learning resources, and clinical tools reflect everyday practice.
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