Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers

This free, 16-hour CE course will empower non-prescribing providers to directly impact the opioid epidemic through increased knowledge and tools to transform practice and policies.

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Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers

As a learner, you have the ability to select any or all of the 6 modules and topics that interest you.

Module 1: Epidemiology and History of the Opioid Crisis

• 2.00 continuing education credits
• Explain the factors that contributed to the current opioid crisis.

Module 2: Understanding of Pain

• 1.50 continuing education credits
• Understand the pathophysiology of pain and its treatment, including what opioids are and how they work.

Module 3:  Prevention of Misuse and Abuse

• 3.50 continuing education credits
• Understand how to reduce unintended use and misuse of opioids using various strategies, including prescribing guidelines, surveillance, safe disposal of unused opioids, and intervention messaging.

Module 4: Working with Patients and the Public

• 3.50 continuing education credits
• Identify what strategies and tools you can employ to impact the safe use of opioids across clinical care settings and with a variety of populations.

Module 5: Addiction Treatment and Recovery

• 3.50 continuing education credits
• Describe best practices for assessing and treating opioid use disorder (OUD) and explain the evidence that informs these best practices.

Module 6: Public Policy

• 2.00 continuing education credits
• Understand different aspects of public policy that can impact the opioid epidemic.

Accreditation and Credit Designation

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Michigan Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 16.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ program and MOCA® are registered trademarks of The American Board of Anesthesiology®. This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

Released for CME Credit on 2/16/23, with credit available through 1/31/26.

Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative

This course is approved by the NASW-Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative. Approval #112723-00 for 16 CE hours. This on-demand course is approved for 12 months.

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Cite this work:
OPEN: Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network. (2024). Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practices for Non-Prescribing Providers CE Course Flyer. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.56137/OPEN.000073