Essential Training on Pain and Addiction

IHS Essential Training on Pain and Addiction (ETPA)

All Federal IHS prescribers, contractors (that spend 50 percent or more of their clinical time under contract with the Federal Government), clinical residents and trainees are required by agency policy to successfully complete the IHS ETPA within six months from the start of IHS employment and complete a refresher course every 3 years.

This training serves as the approved training for all those needing to complete the required initial and refresher trainings at this time. This on-demand, web-based course delivers evidence-based updates to clinical practice guidelines and includes important content essential to support health equity for pain management conditions and opioid use disorders. The ETPA meets the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act requirements and provides 3 hours of the required training time.

You must be logged in with your IHS web account to take the training. Click here to log in.

Suspension of CE for ETPA Training

Notice: Effective March 11, 2025, CE credits will no longer be available for the IHS ETPA training. While ETPA remains a mandatory requirement, it will continue to be available for completion without CE credits until further notice. We are actively working to restore CE credits and will provide updates as soon as possible.