Opioids 2022: New Guidelines, Ongoing Challenges

In the late 1990s, pharmaceutical companies reassured the medical community that patients would not become addicted to opioid pain relievers, and healthcare providers began to prescribe them at increased rates. More opioid promotion led to widespread misuse of both prescription and non-prescription opioids before it became clear that these medications could indeed be highly addictive.

In 2017 the Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency. Experts agree that healthcare professionals need more education to face the many challenges of this crisis. Additionally, the CDC recently issued an updated Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, and healthcare professionals need to know how these updates affect their practice.

This activity’s goals are to explain updates to the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, review the epidemiology of the opioid overdose epidemic, and review the diagnosis and treatment of opioid use disorder. Participants will have the skills to manage opioid use disorder effectively in their practices.
 
Medium: Video with PPT, eLearning
Activity Length: 55 minutes
Test Time: 5 minutes

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals dedicated to the appropriate prevention and treatment of opioid use disorder.

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Summarize updates to the CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain;
  • Identify opioid harm reduction strategies;
  • State evidence-based principles of opioid use disorder management;
  • Discuss how to apply opioid use disorder management principles to practice;
  • Describe how opioids affect different areas of Chicago.

Commercial Support: This CME-certified activity has not requested or received any support or funding from commercial interests. This includes, but is not limited to, pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Professionalism
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Center for Continuing Medical Education
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
cme@bsd.uchicago.edu
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-702-1056

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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
Activity opens: 
01/30/2023
Activity expires: 
01/29/2026
FACULTY
  Mim Ari, MD
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
 
 

 
 
  George Weyer, MD
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
 
 
 


 
DISCLOSURES

No one in a position to control the educational content of this activity has any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

PUBLICATIONS
View a partial list of Dr. Mim Ari's and Dr. Geroge Weyer's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.

 
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Healthcare Professional Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Instructions for Participation and Claiming Credit
 
This online educational activity (enduring material) is open to all University of Chicago employees. It is designed to be completed within the time designated. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the activity online during the valid credit period. To receive a certificate, the participant must watch the complete video presentation and correctly answer all questions (100% pass rate) on the post-test. The activity can be accessed by simply clicking "Complete Activity" and watching the video presentation. Upon successful completion, the participant can complete a brief evaluation and receive a certificate.
 
Physicians are eligible to receive continuing education credit applicable to their profession. All other participants will receive a certificate indicating participation in this AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™-approved activity. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
For questions about CME credit or technical issues, please contact the Center for CME at the University of Chicago at cme@bsd.uchicago.edu.
 

DISCLAIMER  The information presented in this activity is for continuing medical education purposes only. The opinions expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty. They do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, the University of Chicago Medicine, or the Department/Section.

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