6th Interdisciplinary Pain and Opioid Crisis Seminar

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LIVE

Friday, April 19, 2024, 7:30 AM - Saturday, April 20, 2024, 2:00 PM, Virtual


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (13.75 hours), ABA MOCA Part 2 (13.75 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (13.75 hours), ANCC - Nursing Contact Hour(s) (13.75 hours), Controlled Substances (13.75 hours), Medical Ethics/Professional Responsibility (13.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (13.75 hours), Pain and Opioid (13.75 hours), Pharmacotherapeutics (13.75 hours)

The 6th Pain and Opioid Crisis Seminar provides a unique opportunity for healthcare providers to achieve this much needed balance by enhancing their knowledge and competencies in the use of opioids. It will offer cutting-edge lectures and interactive panel discussions from worldwide expert faculty with diverse clinical and research backgrounds in pain and opioids. This exciting educational event will provide practical evidence-based guidance and solutions to address clinical, public health, and regulatory issues related to the use and nonmedical use of opioids. Attendees will obtain up-to-date information and acquire high-quality knowledge while earning valuable CE credits and NCPD contact hours as well as Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA).

 ** THIS ACTIVITY ALSO MEETS THE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA) - REGISTERED PRACTITIONERS ON THE TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH AN OPIOID OR OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER**

1. Apply the basic principles of pain management and chronic opioid therapy.
2. Utilize practical strategies to manage patients with co-occurring cancer pain and nonmedical opioid use.
3. Implement ways to improve patient care and ensure patient/family safety related to the use of opioids.
4. Apply non-pharmacologic approaches to manage pain in patients with opioid use disorder.
5. Describe the basic principles of pain management.

 

Registration Category Fee: 

We accept the following forms of payment:
  •Credit Cards (MasterCard, VISA, and American Express)
  •Check (Payable to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; through U.S. banks only)

Mail checks to:
   Continuing Professional Education (CPE) – Unit 1781
   The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
   P.O. Box 301407
   Houston, Texas 77230-1407

When registering online a receipt (confirmation letter) will be automatically emailed to the e-mail address you list on your profile during the process. 

Telephone registrations are not accepted.

Refund/Cancellation Policy
The registration fee, minus a $35 administrative handling fee, is refundable if a written request is received on or before April 15, 2024.  No refunds will be granted after this date. The request for a registration refund must include the tax identification number of the company or institution if registration was paid by a company or institution check. 

The Department of Continuing Professional Education (CPE), reserves the right to cancel activities prior to the scheduled date, if low enrollment or other circumstances make it necessary. Each registrant will be notified by mail, e-mail, or at the phone or fax numbers given on the registration form.  In case of activity cancellation, the liability of the CPE is limited to the registration fee. CPE will refund the full registration fee. 

CPE reserves the right to limit the number of participants in an activity and is not responsible for any expenses incurred by an individual whose registration is not confirmed and for whom space is not available. 

Special Assistance
For additional information or Special Assistance, contact CPE at 713-792-2223 or toll free at 866-849-5866 or via e-mail: [email protected]

Evaluation
A course evaluation tool will provide participants with the opportunity to comment on the value of the program content to their practice decisions, performance improvement activities, or possible impact on patient health status. Participants will also have the opportunity to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations as well as to identify future educational topics. The survey link will be provided during the course.

Accreditation Designation Statement: 

In support of improving patient care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: 

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.75 credit(s) of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.75 credit(s) of education in pain management and the prescription of opioids.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity will award 13.75 Nursing Contact Hour(s) which includes APRN 13.75 Pharmacotherapeutics credit(s)  and 13.75 Controlled Substance credit(s).

 

Maintenance of Certification

American Board of Anesthesiology MOCA Credit:
This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology's redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements. Participant completion data will be shared with and transmitted to ACCME on the participant's behalf.

American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Credit:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 13.75  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Risk Management Education:
The training qualifies for 5 hours of Risk Management Education (RME).

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center complies with all requirements of the identified accrediting body  (ACCME, ANCC, ACPE). Disclosure of speakers, faculty members, planning committee members and their commercial relationships will be shared with learners prior to the educational activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.