Alabama 17 Hour Physician Package
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Best Practices for Treating Pain with Opioid Analgesics, 2nd Edition 2
Course release date: 5/7/2024
Target Audience
This course is designed for physicians (MD/DO) and all other health care professionals.
About the Course
The purpose of this course is to provide the fundamentals of acute and chronic pain management and a contextual framework for the safer prescribing of opioid analgesics that includes consideration of a full complement of nonopioid treatment options.
- Effective Management of Acute and Chronic Pain with Opioid Analgesics 3
Course release date: 10/1/2021
Target Audience:
This course is designed for all physicians and other health care professionals involved in the management of patients with pain.
About the Course:
This CME learning activity is designed to increase physician knowledge and skills about guideline-recommended principles of pain management, the range of opioid and non-opioid analgesic treatment options, and specific strategies for minimizing opioid analgesic prescription, diversion, and abuse.“This course will [partially] fulfill the DEA-mandated 8 hours of training on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders for DEA licensees renewing on or after June 27, 2023.”
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) information can be viewed here: MOC Recognition Page - Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices 12Course release date: 1/1/2022
Target Audience:
This course is designed for all physicians and health care providers involved in the treatment and monitoring of patients.
About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to summarize a range of issues related to patient safety practices (PSPs) that are relevant to practicing clinicians and seeks to support a culture of safety across the healthcare continuum. Topics include issues such as addressing the opioid crisis and emerging health risks (e.g., multidrug-resistant organisms) and overall directives to “put patients first” and to reduce provider burden and burnout.
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) information can be viewed here: MOC Recognition Page