Physician Prescribing Course (Oct 24 - 26, 2022)

Physician Prescribing Course is organized by University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (UCSD) Physician Assessment and Clinical Education Program (PACE) and will be held from Oct 24 - 26, 2022.

Description:
The Physician Prescribing Course is a two and one-half day small group CME program designed to improve the participant's prescribing behavior by providing education on the legal, biomedical and clinical aspects of prescribing drugs, especially controlled drugs.

Topics in this course include:
• State Laws and Medical Board Guidelines for the Prescription of Controlled Drugs
• Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism
• Pharmacology of Sedatives, Narcotics, and Amphetamines
• Drug Interactions
• Patient Compliance
• Charting Drug Prescriptions
• Managing the "Difficult" Patient
• Critical Review of the Medical Literature
• Management of Chronic Pain
• Special Issues in Chronic Pain: Headache and Back Pain