The Academy: Safe Opioid Prescribing and Innovations in Pain Management 2024

Monday, April 8, 2024, 12:00 AM - Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 11:59 PM


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.50 hours)

This enduring material is a recording of the January 10, 2023 Academy CME event on Safe Opioid Prescribing and Innovations in Pain Management held at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson.

Meets the DEA Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) requirement.

This activity featured three presentations:

Finding Better Paths to Treat Pain and Prevent Addiction
Todd Vanderah, PhD
Professor and Chair, Pharmacology Director, UArizona Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center

The Role of Mind-Body Medicine in Treating the Central Sensitization of Chronic Pain
Ann Marie Chiasson, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine Director, UArizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Fellowship

Program Tools of Pain Medicine... Weaning Off of the Pill Bottle
Mohab Ibrahim, MD, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology and Director, Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Chronic Pain Management Clinic

1. Utilize 2018 Arizona Prescribing Guidelines in the clinical practice, including safe opioid prescribing and non-opioid alternative therapies.
2. Describe the pathophysiology underlying chronic pain.
3. Describe the mechanism of action for hypnosis, guided imagery, mindfulness and CBT for reversing central sensitization.
4. Utilize as appropriate non-opioid modalities to treat chronic pain.
5. Identify appropriate patients for non-opioid and interventional therapies for chronic pain.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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