Grand Rounds - February 16, 2024
"Controlled Substance Prescribing Guidelines and Pain Management"
Speaker: Michael Bottros, MD. Chief Clinical Operations and Medical Director for Pain Services, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Objectives
- Review how the current epidemic of opioid abuse developed.
- Consider current pain management guidelines and how well they are achieving the goal of reducing overdose deaths.
- Discuss the various methods of diversion.
- Recommend techniques to minimize non‐ medicinal medication use.
- Review which socioeconomic groups are at higher risk of non‐medicinal opioid use.
- Review local resources for non-medical pain management.
Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals
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