This course consists of 4 video modules: Watch the presentations with any device at any time - in the comfort of your home or office, on your schedule. Start and stop as often as you like!
You do not need to be connected to the internet to watch the video modules after you have downloaded them. Take the course with you anywhere!
Scope of the Problem:
History of the Opioid Epidemic.
Opioids for Management of Acute Pain:
Establishment of treatment goals
Discussion of risks and benefits
Prescription drug monitoring programs
Selection of immediate-release opioids
Dosage considerations
Duration of treatment
Follow-Up and Re-assessment
Opioids for Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain:
Assessing risk and addressing harms
Ways to mitigate/reduce patient risk
Review of prescription drug monitoring program data
Use of urine drug testing
Treatment for opioid use disorder
Initiation and Discontinuation of Opioid:
Therapy for Patients with Chronic Pain: Risks vs. benefits
Patient Evaluation and Pain Contracts
Opioid Dosing & Role of Morphine Milligram Equivalents
Monitoring
Weaning Process
Dr. Sergey M. Motov is an internationally known teacher and researcher on the subject of pain management and a renowned authority on the subject. An academic Emergency Physician, Dr. Motov has lectured and published extensively on the appropriate use of pain medications, especially opioids. Dr. Sergey Motov is an assistant professor of clinical Emergency Medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and the assistant EM residency director at Maimonides Medical Center in New York.