Pathways to Safer Opioid Use is an interactive training that promotes the appropriate, safe and effective use of opioids to manage chronic pain. It’s based on the opioid-related recommendations in the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention (ADE Action Plan).
In this training, attendees will learn how to:
- Apply health literacy strategies to help patients understand how to prevent opioid-related adverse drug events (ADEs)
- Identify risk factors, opioid medications, and interactions that increase people’s risk for opioid-related ADEs
- Use a multidisciplinary, team-based approach for treating patients with chronic pain
- Combine the principles of the Health Literate Care Model and the biopsychosocial model of chronic pain management through case study examples
This training is intended for:
- Physicians, nurses and pharmacists
- Public health professionals, including health educators and interdisciplinary public health practitioners
- Students in health-related fields
Pathways takes about an hour to complete. During the training, attendees will make decisions in the roles of 4 different characters (primary care physician, nurse, pharmacist, and patient) who have the potential to prevent opioid-related ADEs. CME and CPE credit is offered for all four scenarios.
Pathways begins with a 7-minute video that provides background on the principles of health literacy, patient communication, and opioid-related ADEs that are addressed in the training. To watch the video, go to the course page and click the arrow on the right-hand side of the screen.
This training is based on the opioid-related recommendations in the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention (ADE Action Plan) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP).