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May 7, 2019

Prescribing in an Office Setting

Medical professionals need to be aware of current guidelines and clinical best practices for prescribing. The new NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids CME program will help you meet these goals and meet your Massachusetts state-mandated CME requirements, free of charge.

We encourage clients to use this CME activity to enhance your knowledge about opioids and implement safer strategies for pain management while earning up to 10 CME credits.

According to a recent report from MedPro, opioid-related claims rank among the malpractice allegations with the highest injury severity. The majority of which are associated with prescribing in outpatient settings. Prescription opioid analgesics are still involved in more than a third of all fatal opioid overdoses and are correlated to progressing to the use of heroin or illicit fentanyl (NEJM 2018). 

This course is being offered by NEJM Group through an educational grant awarded by the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) Program Companies and covers the following:

• The latest practices for assessing and managing acute and chronic pain
• Current guidelines in the appropriate use of opioids for pain management
• Evidence-based strategies for recognizing and treating opioid use disorder

Register for this free program at https://knowledgeplus.nejm.org/pain-opioids.

1. Choose either Internal Medicine or Family Medicine — the same learning is in both.
2. Download the app from the App Store or Google Play (optional).
3. Begin answering questions anytime, anywhere you want.

Please note: Learners must first answer all 62 case-based questions and review the corresponding feedback before the CME credits are reflected in their transcript.

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