Strategies for Safe and Compassionate Opioid Weaning:
Developing a Path to Success
Accredited for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Speakers:
Aaron Shoemaker, MD Karie Morrical-Kline, PharmD, BCACP
St. Vincent Medical Group Primary Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Fishers Family Medicine North Ambulatory Care (PGY-2) Pharmacy Residency Director
St. Vincent Pharmacy Practice Residency
This webinar will address problems associated with prescribing opioids, reasons to consider weaning a patient from opioid therapy and options for the rate of weaning, based on those reasons.
Program Description:
Participants will learn how to develop a plan for compassionate weaning, ways to manage possible withdrawal symptoms and how to educate and engage the patient. The speakers will also discuss how St. Vincent Hospital Network has implemented and monitored a policy to limit opioid prescribing, as well as resources needed to support the policy, such as consultative education and weaning support.
Objectives:
At the end of this webinar, attendees should be able to:
- Understand a hospital’s policy on opioid prescribing and what has enabled it to succeed
- Understand why it is appropriate to consider weaning a patient from opioid treatment when the associated risks begin to outweigh the benefits
- Identify tools and therapies useful in helping wean a patient from opioids
CME Information
Designation Statement: The Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) designates this live webinar for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Statement: The Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Note: While offering the CME credit hours listed in these pages, these activities are not intended to provide extensive training in a field.
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