Connecticut Medical Licensure Program - MDCT1525
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.
- HIV/AIDS Update for Clinicians 1Course release date: 10/1/2021
Target Audience:
This course is designed for all physicians (MD/DOs), physician
assistants, and nurse practitioners.
About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to update physicians on the current status and epidemiology of the HIV pandemic in the United States and provide information on the most recent guidelines regarding screening, testing, and managing persons living with HIV and the barriers that prevent optimal care in the primary care setting.
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) information can be viewed here: MOC Recognition Page - Intimate Partner Violence: Compassionate Care, Effective Assessment 2
Course release date: 6/1/2023
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 improve physician understanding of and competence in addressing intimate partner violence in their patient populations. It will provide information on evidence-based screening tools, and instructions for responding in compassionate and effective manners to their affected patients. Instructions for assisting patients in creating safety plans will be reviewed, and suggestions to identify resources helpful to victims of intimate partner violence.
- Improving Access to Care for LGBTQ Patients 2
Course release date: 3/1/2022
Review date: 9/21/2024
Target Audience:
This course is designed for all physicians (MD/DO), physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.
About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to help improve care and health outcomes of the LGBTQ population by recognizing the existing disparities and increased health risks present in this population. This course will examine system and provider/client barriers to equality in healthcare.
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) information can be viewed here: MOC Recognition Page - Substance Use Disorders: A DEA Requirement 8
Course release date: 5/30/2023
About the Course
Physicians and Physician Assistants (PAs), care for patients with disorders in many healthcare settings. Individuals may seek care for an acute illness or worsening of a chronic condition. Often, pain is the leading reason for seeking medical care. Appropriate prescribing practices are critical for all medications, but controlled substances require special attention. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) all have a role in controlled medication schedules. Prescribers must understand federal and state requirements for all controlled substances. This course will provide a general review of federal and state-controlled substance regulations and the prescribing practices for controlled substances. Additionally, substance use disorders are complex phenomena affecting many lives. This course also reviews common substance use disorders, including alcohol, anxiolytics, stimulants, hallucinogens, and tobacco/vaping. However, the focus is on clinical safety considerations when prescribing non-cancer-related opioid medications for acute/chronic pain in adults.
“This course will 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.”