OVERVIEW

Prescribing An Opioid Course is organized by Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).

Accreditation:

What You’ll Earn
After completing the course, you’ll earn a Verification of Attendance certificate.

CAPC members can earn the following free continuing education credits:

• Medicine: 0.75 CME, 0.75 ABIM MOC (Medical Knowledge Only)
• Nursing: 1.00 CNE, 1.00 Pharmacotherapy

Physicians
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™ effective 2/28/2020-2/28/2022. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CME Released: 2/28/2020; Valid for credit through 2/28/2022

Estimated Time of Completion for CME: 45 minutes

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn 0.75 MOC points 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 this activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Physician Assistants
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai designates this enduring material with AMA PRA Category 0.75 Credit(s)™ as specified, which can be applied to the continuing education of Physician Assistants. Physician Assistants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses (Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Licensed Nurses)
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

CNE Released: 12/31/2019; Valid Credit through 10/31/2022

Estimated Time of Completion for CNE: 60 minutess

What You’ll Learn
• Initiate opioid therapy in the opioid-naïve patient
• Describe opioid pharmacokinetics that impact dose scheduling
• Integrate U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) guidelines into valid prescription-writing practices

Activity Description/Statement of Needs:
CAPC’s online curriculum provides training in two critical areas. Technical assistance courses are designed to help palliative care program leaders address key challenges such as implementing palliative care in community health care settings. Clinical coursework provides fundamental training in pain and symptom management, communication, and other key skills needed to work with patients with serious illness.