American Pain Foundation. Dedicated to the elimination of the
undertreatment of pain.
Join Us for a 1-Hour Live Educational
Teleconference/Webinar Program
Safe Prescribing of Opioids: Zero Unintentional Deaths
This activity has been planned in accordance with the need to educate
health care professionals on strategies for improving assessment,
treatment, and management of individuals with chronic pain to minimize
unintentional prescription opioid overdose.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for health care professionals who treat
people with pain.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
* Describe the prevalence and demographics of overdose deaths from
prescription opioids in the United States, together with the
major risk factors for unintentional overdose deaths
* Employ “Six practices for safe opioid prescribing”
while treating chronic pain to minimize the risk of overdose
deaths from prescription opioids
* Identify tools to help integrate these practices into their care
of people with pain
* Integrate “Clinical Guidelines on Prescribing Opioids for
Treatment of Pain” into their practice
Faculty
Lynn R. Webster, MD, FACPM, FASAM
Medical Director
Lifetree Clinical Research® & Pain Clinic
Salt Lake City, UT
Dates & Times
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - Noon EST
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 7:00 pm EST
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 1:00 pm EST
Tuesday, July 20 2010 - Noon EST
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 8:00 pm EST
For more information, please read program brochure.http://action.painfoundation.org/site/R?i=EOM4Eqtijv6G_sJ6ykdCRw..
To register for the program, please go to http://www.safeprescribing.com.
This independent medical education activity is NOT accredited for
continuing medical education credits. It meets high quality
educational standards to provide content that is evidence-based,
fair-balanced and unbiased, and not influenced by commercial
interests.
This activity is made possible by an educational donation provided to
the American Pain Foundation from King Pharmaceuticals.
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