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September • 12 • 2023
The Role of Acute Care Prescribing in the Opioid Epidemic
Education Course
Summary
Learn about managing acute pain in patients undergoing surgery.
This on-demand education course focuses on the challenges of managing acute pain in patients undergoing surgery. It reviews the risks of prescribing opioids postoperatively, with a focus on the problem of persistent, postoperative opioid use and the over-prescription of these medications in that context. Best practice recommendations for individualized, patient-centered acute pain management and education on the safe disposal of opioid medications are discussed.
The course is provided by Coverys and developed by Med-IQ®, a Coverys company and provider of leading CME/CE-accredited risk management and clinical medicine education. Med-IQ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Complete CME information is available on the course page.
The course is provided by Coverys and developed by Med-IQ®, a Coverys company and provider of leading CME/CE-accredited risk management and clinical medicine education. Med-IQ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Complete CME information is available on the course page.