{"id":9318,"date":"2018-06-27T09:36:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T15:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/?page_id=9318"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:58:08","slug":"core-cme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/providing-care\/core-cme\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA-Compliant Opioid Prescribing CME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opioid\u00a0pain relievers are prescribed every day to millions of Americans who experience\u00a0chronic\u00a0pain.\u00a0Unfortunately, since 2012\u00a0prescription opioid drug abuse, misuse, and addiction\u00a0have reached\u00a0epidemic\u00a0proportions.<sup>2<\/sup> In 2018, approximately 67,000 deaths occurred due to drug overdose across the United States, and 70% of these deaths involving\u00a0opioids.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>To take action against\u00a0the opioid crisis, the AOA joined forces with\u00a0the\u00a0CO*RE\u00a0Collaborative\u00a0to\u00a0provide\u00a0healthcare professionals with CME on pain management and\u00a0safer opioid\u00a0prescribing.\u00a0The CO*RE curriculum is in alignment with the FDA\u2019s mission and follows the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/drugsatfda_docs\/rems\/Opioid_analgesic_2018_09_18_FDA_Blueprint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">FDA Blueprint (September, 2018).<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After completing a CO*RE CME course, learners will be able to:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Describe the pathophysiology of pain as it relates to the concepts of pain management<\/li>\n<li>Accurately assess patients in pain<\/li>\n<li>Develop a safe and effective pain treatment plan<\/li>\n<li>Identify evidence-based non-opioid options for the treatment of pain<\/li>\n<li>Identify the risks and benefits of opioid therapy<\/li>\n<li>Manage ongoing opioid therapy<\/li>\n<li>Recognize behaviors that may be associated with an opioid use disorder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opioid\u00a0pain relievers are prescribed every day to millions of Americans who experience\u00a0chronic\u00a0pain.\u00a0Unfortunately, since 2012\u00a0prescription opioid drug abuse, misuse, and addiction\u00a0have reached\u00a0epidemic\u00a0proportions.2 In 2018, approximately 67,000 deaths occurred due to drug overdose across the United States, and 70% of these deaths involving\u00a0opioids.1 To take action against\u00a0the opioid crisis, the AOA joined forces with\u00a0the\u00a0CO*RE\u00a0Collaborative\u00a0to\u00a0provide\u00a0healthcare professionals with CME &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/providing-care\/core-cme\/\" class=\"readmore\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":2167,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v21.4) - 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