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DE0025: IHS Essential Training on Pain and Addiction

 
Date: 12/15/2016 - 12/15/2016
Course Status: Completed
Facility: Online
Location: Online
Director: Timothy Ricks
Level: Basic
Audience: Dentists
Quota: 2 - 500 students
Tuition: $0.00
Hours: 6.00 (Total CDE); 6.00 (AGD - 157)
Joint Sponsorship: No
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Summary:

In order to address the dual epidemics of Chronic Pain and Unintended Overdose within Indian Country, IHS, in partnership with the University of New Mexico Project ECHO and the Center for Rural and Community Behavioral Health, is providing Essential Training on Pain and Addiction. This training will be essential for all IHS providers who have a DEA number and will provide 5.5 hours of free CE.

In order to minimize the impact on patient care, this training will be conducted via Adobe Connect. This platform will allow you to connect and participate from any internet connected device [including mobile devices]. Be aware that it is expected that you will complete the entire session in one day, otherwise you will have to restart the training.

Webinar begins at 11 am Eastern

Total Time= 6 hours [5 hours of training, 30 min. lunch break, 15 min. breaks x 2]

This course was sponsored by the IHS TeleBehavioral Health Center of Excellence - contact Mary Toledo at Mary.Toledo@ihs.gov or 505-248-4312.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Discuss the epidemic of unintentional opiate overdose deaths.
2. List Institute of Medicine Guidelines for Best Practices in pain management.
3. Explain safe prescribing of opiate analgesics, with detailed equianalgesic dosing guidelines.
4. Identify the patient at risk for addictions, current addictions issues, and diversion.
5. Refer to Federal regulations regarding pain management.

Speaker / Presenter:

Joanne Katzman — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jkatzman@salud.unm.edu.

Snehal Bhatt — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sbhatt@salud.unm.edu.

Disclosure Policy:

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

Accreditation:
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

Prerequisites:

None

Tuition Payment Information:

Tuition Policy:

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.