2021 OPIOID PRESCRIBING AND ABUSE WEBINAR SERIES

What's New in Pain and Addiction Treatment

Accredited for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Noon - 1:00 p.m. ET

Fee:
Members: Free
Nonmembers: $75

Registration required

Program description:
Acute pain, chronic pain and addiction affect the same brain areas and are closely related. In this webinar, Don Teater, MD, MPH, lead expert panel facilitator during development of the CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, will explain that relationship and share new guidelines and current thinking on treating each condition.

Objectives:
At the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:  

• Describe the major recommendations of the new AAFP\ACP guideline.
• Identify three tools that will assist in evaluation of chronic pain patients.
• Outline an easy way to transition patients from methadone or another long-acting opioid to buprenorphine for improved pain treatment or addiction treatment.

Speaker:
             
Don Teater, MD, MPH
Teater Health Solutions

About the speaker:

Don Teater, MD, MPH, is a family physician who has worked in western North Carolina for the past 32 years. Since 2004, he has focused on the intersection of pain, opioids and addiction. He was the lead facilitator for the expert panel during the development of the CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.

From 2013 to 2016, Dr. Teater was medical advisor at the National Safety Council, leading its effort to reduce opioid abuse and overdose in the community and in the workplace. He continues to work with federal and state government organizations, medical organizations and nonprofits in addressing many aspects of the opioid epidemic.

While working on the public health aspects of the opioid epidemic, he sees patients one day a week, treating opioid use disorder and chronic pain in Waynesville, NC, by telemedicine. He also works one week each month as a pain and addiction specialist, seeing Alaska Native patients with the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) in Juneau, AK.

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.

Disclosure: In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, educational programs sponsored by the ISMA must demonstrate balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor. Prior to the activity, all faculty, authors, editors and planning committee members participating in an ISMA-sponsored activity are required to disclose to attendees any relevant financial relationships with an “ineligible company” whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. None of the members of the CME Planning Committee or our speaker have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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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If you have questions, contact ISMA Continuing Medical Education staff at 800-257-4762 or seminars@ismanet.org.

REGISTRATION DETAILS - PLEASE NOTE:

Once registered, you will receive an immediate “Registration Confirmation” email containing dial in and web access information.