Opioid Abuse & Treatment: Free Resources: Continuing Professional Development & Guidelines

Chronic Opioid Therapy Can Increase Risk of Sleep Disorders-Opioid-associated sleep-disordered breathing warrants collaborative care,
by Zeena Nackerdien PhD, CME Writer, MedPage Today, December 5, 2019

• Physicians:                           0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
• Physician Assistants:           0.25 AAPA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
• Nurse Practitioners/Nurses: 0.25 CE Credit(s)
• Release Date:                      Dec. 05, 2019
• Expiration Date:                   Dec. 05, 2020

• American College of Physicians, Safe Opioid Prescribing: Strategies. Assessment. Fundamentals. Education.
• American Dental Association, Continuing Education Webinars
• CDC, Training for Providers
• Eastern AHEC Education, CME / CE for Opioid Programs and Information
• The Harvard Medical School Global Academy Opioid Use Disorder Education Program: The Opioid Use Disorder Education Program ( OUDEP ) is an accredited, free, online medical education program for the identification and management of  opioid disorder . This program is designed for nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physicians and other healthcare professionals collaborating to treat patients with substance use disorder.
• Pain Management CME from the MMS and NEJM Group, NEJM Knowledge
• SAMHSA, Opioid Prescribing Courses for Health Care Providers

• CDC Checklist for Prescribing Opioids, Checklist for prescribing opioids for chronic pain, PDF
• Checklist for the Prescribing of Opioids for the Management or Treatment of Pain. NH RSA 318-B:41 Rulemaking for Prescribing Controlled Drugs – Administrative Rules Med 502 Opioid Prescribing. This checklist is provided only as a tool and does not replace the review by licensees of Administrative Rules Med 502. Updated 11-1. Excludes: Cancer Patients, Terminal Pain Patients and Patients that have Supervised Administration of Opioids in a Health Care Setting
• Dowell D, Haegerich TM, Chou R. CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain—United States, 2016. JAMA. 2016;315(15):1624–1645. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.1464
• Munzing, T. (2017). Physician Guide to Appropriate Opioid Prescribing for Noncancer Pain. The Permanente Journal, 21, 16–169. http://doi.org/10.7812/TPP/16-169