The Center for Innovation in Academic Detailing on Opioids (CIAO), at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, has prepared online coursework modules with the aim of educating learners on topics related to the management of opioids and chronic pain in the primary care setting as well as how to communicate relevant information to patients and providers.

This course on the patient-centered reduction of opioids for chronic pain will demonstrate the evidence for and against tapering including the risks and benefits associated with it; provide strategies to discuss opioid tapering with patients; and provide principles of safe opioid tapering planning.

At the end of this activity, the participant should be able to:

1. Compare the evidence for and against opioid tapering;
2. Describe the risks and benefits associated with opioid tapering;
3. Practice how to discuss opioid tapering with patients;
4. Apply the principles of safe opioid tapering planning.

Participants should read and listen to the coursework content, answer the multiple-choice test questions within each module, and complete the evaluation form online to receive a certificate. You must receive a score of 80% or better to complete the course. You will have unlimited attempts to successfully complete the post-test.  Your certificate will be available immediately for print or download upon completion of the entire module.

This course was released February 17, 2023 and expires May 31, 2025.

Please see the overall curriculum overview for accreditations and credit designations. This module will take 60 minutes to complete, which is equivalent to 1.0 credit (or 0.1 CEUs), including 1 credit for Pain Management, Schedule II Drugs, and Pharmacotherapeutics.

The ACPE Universal Activity Number for this knowledge-based module is 0005-9999-22-015-H08-P for pharmacists.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification Points: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

This UCSF CME activity was planned and developed to uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.

The following individuals have no financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business purpose is the manufacturing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing health care goods used on or by patients.

Course Directors
Phillip Coffin, MD
Brian Wylie, OTD, MPH
Rebecca Martinez, FNP-C

Additional Speakers
Hector R. Perez, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

The following individuals have disclosed a relevant financial relationship with one or more ineligible companies. Financial relationships have been mitigated in accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence of Accredited Continuing Education Activities.

NONE.

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