This is the new version of the Pediatric Pain and Opioid Education course, developed in 2019. If you were previously enrolled in the 2018 version of the Pediatric Pain and Opioid Education course on OPENPediatrics and wish to continue your progress there instead, you can do so here.
Accreditation
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Accredited Course
Cost: $115
Courses that have the CE logo on the image have a designated number of certified continuing education credits associated with the course. These courses have a fee, and upon completion, the learner will receive a certificate with their designated credits which can be used for re-licensure. The continuing education credits available are physician credits, MOC II points, risk management credits, nursing contact hours, physician assistant credits, and pharmacy contact hours.
Accreditation/Designation Statements
In support of improving patient care, Boston Children's Hospital is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for the healthcare team.
Physician
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity. AAPA accepts AMA category 1 credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.
Risk Management
Infection Prevention and Healthcare-Associated Infections meets the requirements of 4.25 Risk Management Credit as prescribed by the Massachusetts Board of Registrations in Medicine and defined in 243 CMR 2.06(5)(d) I.
MOC Part II
American Board of Pediatrics
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 4.25 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) 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 ABP MOC credit.
American Board of Internal Medicine
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 4.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
American Board of Anesthesiology
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessment of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 4.25 MOC points with the American Board of Anesthesiology Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® (MOCA®). It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
Nurse
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 4.25 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Assistant
Boston Children’s Hospital has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credits for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 4.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Pharmacy
This activity (JA0008063-0000-19-024-H04-P) carries a maximum of 4.25 contact hours.
Course Information
About
This program provides training in acute and chronic pain management for pediatric patients, with an emphasis on safe and effective opioid use. Topics covered include neurobiology of pain, addiction, abuse and safe opioid prescription practices, licensing, the law and opioid prescribing, treatment of chronic pain, and safe storage and disposal of medications.
Instructional Time
4 hour, 10 minutes
Cost
- Accredited Course: $115
Target Audience
- Physicians and Trainees
- Physician Assistants
- Pediatric Physicians and Trainees
- Pediatric Intensive Care (ICU) MDs and Trainees
- Physicians
- Nurses
Expiration Dates
- Approved: December 13, 2019
- Released: December 16, 2019
- Expires: December 13, 2022
Course Format
Self-paced, using text and video, with post-test assessments. Requires 80% or higher score to earn CME credit. Online course assessment. Requires Safari (v6 or higher), Chrome (v38 or higher), Internet Explorer (v11 or higher), or Firefox (v23 or higher).
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Learning Objectives
- Describe safe opioid prescribing practices
- Demonstrate safe prescribing decision-making in clinical settings
- Describe the development of neurobiological mechanisms of pain perception
- Describe the safe appropriate use of pain medications
- Describe the biological mechanisms through which pain medications function
- Correctly assess patient level of pain
- Describe the neurobiological mechanisms of normal pain perception
- Describe the clinical implications of the neurobiological mechanisms of pain perception for treating and preventing pain
- Describe the neurobiological mechanisms of chronic pain
- Describe the biological mechanisms through which pain medications function
- Demonstrate safe prescribing decision-making in clinical settings
- Describe the epidemiology of opioid misuse/abuse/dependence
- Describe patterns of drug addiction in patient behavior
- Adjust patterns of prescriptions based on knowledge of addiction patterns
- Detect patterns of drug addiction in patient behavior
- Describe key aspects of the regulatory frameworks that govern pain medication prescription and use
- Describe strategies for treatment of chronic pain
- Describe effective communication strategies for assessing and treating pain
- Describe differences in metabolism and excretion based on patient age and level of development
- Describe approaches to titration of medication based on efficacy and side effect profile
Contributors
Course Director(s)
David Casavant, MD
Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Pain Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Instructor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Author(s)
David Casavant, MD
Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Pain Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Instructor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Charles Berde, MD, PhD
Sara Page Mayo Chair
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor of Anesthesia (Pediatrics), Harvard Medical School
Kimberly Boullard, MS, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist 111, Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Karen Kaczynski, PhD
Senior Psychologist in Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Sharon Levy, MD, MPH
Director, Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (ASAP), Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Neil Schechter, MD
Senior Associate in Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Clifford Woolf, MB, BCh, PhD
Director, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center Center, Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Disclosures
In accordance with the disclosure policy of Boston Children's Hospital and the standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, course planners, speakers and content reviewers list below any relevant relationships they or their spouse/partner have to companies producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients.
Course Director(s)
No disclosures to report:
David Casavant, MD
Author(s)
No disclosures to report:
David Casavant, MD; Kimberly Boullard, MS, OTR/L; Karen Kaczynski, PhD; Sharon Levy, MD, MPH; Neil Schechter, MD
The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves and their spouse or partner, have reported relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients:
Clifford Woolf, MB, BCh, PhD: Nocion Therapeutics - Founder
Charles Berde, MD, PhD: Axelos, Inc. – Scientific Advisory Board; Grunenthal – License of Patent
Course Reviewer(s)
No disclosures to report:
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH; Christine Shusterman, RN, MSN, CPNP; Crystal Tom, PharmD, BCPS
Commercial and Financial Support Disclosure
This program was made possible in part through the support of the Mayday Fund.