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PCSS Webinars

PCSS Educational Series

Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI081968 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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Webinar

Closing Pandora’s Box: Applying Opioid Stewardship to Promote Safe Storage, Handling, and Disposal Practices

March 29, 2022

1:00 PM (ET)

Sponsoring Organization: American Pharmacists Association

Presenter(s): Elizabeth Skoy, PharmD, RPh, School of Pharmacy, North Dakota State University and Tanya Uritsky, PharmD, CPE, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Webinar Description: This session aims to improve participants’ ability to work as part of an interprofessional healthcare team in driving an effective opioid stewardship program that promotes the safer use, storage, and disposal of opioids while limiting opioid misuse, diversion, overdose, and accidental deaths in the community. Successful strategies for providing patient education on safe storage, handling, and disposal of opioids and for increasing patient participation in opioid disposal programs will also be discussed.

Educational Objectives:

Describe components of a collaborative opioid stewardship model to promote safe storage and reduce the risk of diversion.
Identify key quality indicators to assess the impact of stewardship-based interventions in curbing the opioid crisis.
Discuss successful strategies to provide patient education on safe storage, handling, and disposal of opioids.
Highlight key areas for improvement and effective strategies to increase patient participation in opioid disposal programs.

Credit Designations Available: 1.0 CPE for pharmacists

Continuing Education Information: The American Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The following webinar is approved for 1.0 contact hour of CPE credit (0.1 CEU). The ACPE Universal Activity Number for this activity is 0202-0000-21-368-L01-P.

Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI081968 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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PCSS Core Curriculum

PCSS-O clinical experts have created a comprehensive course on opioid prescribing for primary care providers in the essential evidence-based clinical practices in treating chronic pain—with or without medications.

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MAT Waiver Training

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) of Substance Use Disorders involves a combination of a medications that targets the brain, and psychosocial interventions (e.g., counseling, skills development) aimed at improving treatment outcomes. Research shows that medications and therapy together may be more successful than either treatment method alone.

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Videos

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Recordings of Past Webinars:

"When It’s Time To Come Down, Weaning Opioids With Compassion "

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PCSS Educational Series

Webinar

Closing Pandora’s Box: Applying Opioid Stewardship to Promote Safe Storage, Handling, and Disposal Practices

March 29, 2022

1:00 PM (ET)

PCSS Core Curriculum

MAT Waiver Training

Videos

"When It’s Time To Come Down, Weaning Opioids With Compassion "

"Acute Pain Management in the Individual with Opioid Use Disorder"

"When Too Much is Too Much: Reducing Opioid Use Through Multimodal Pain Management For ‎Young People ‎with Sickle Cell Disease"

"Non-Opioid Symptom Management Strategies for Populations Prescribed Opioids"

"Pearls for Pain Management in the Traumatic Injury Population Experiencing Substance Use Disorders"

"Implementing the Use of Non-Opioid Medications for Treating Pain in the Hospital Setting"

"Finding the Moral Frameworks of Pain Management"

"CAM Therapies Are No Longer Complementary or Alternative: Yoga, Acupuncture, and Mind-Body Medicine"

"Integrating Non-Pharmacologic & Pharmacologic Pain Planning (NPPP) in Primary Care"

"Buprenorphine Prescribing by Nurse Practitioners: Background, Barriers, Facilitators, and Future Directions"

"Expert Monitoring for Safe Opioid Prescribing"

"2020 Pain Care Legislation and Public Policy"

"ERAS: Bridging the Gaps in Multimodal Analgesia"

"Managing Pain in the Setting of Co-morbid Substance Use Disorder"

"The Functional Pain Scale: Changing the Conversation About Pain"

"2019 Pain Care Legislation and Public Policy"

"When Addiction Hurts: Managing Acute Pain in Patients on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder​ (MOUD)"

"​​NSAIDS: Friend or Foe in the Battle Against Pain?"

"​​Reducing Inpatient Opioid Consumption: Creating a Therapeutic Foundation with Breakthrough Analgesia Based on Patient Function"

"​​An Innovative Approach to Working with Patients Hospitalized with Serious Infections and Substance Use Disorder​"

"​​The Evolution of Pain Assessment Tools​"

"​Pain Care Legislation and Public Policy​"

"Community in Crisis: A Collaborative Approach to Responding to the Opioid Epidemic​"

"​Beyond the Opioids: What Matters Most to People Who Visit Emergency Departments for Pain-Related Complaints"

"​The Opioid Epidemic: Improving Opioid Safety for Patients Through Prescriber, Patient, & Family Education​​​"

"Opioids: Not Just for Pain Relief in Palliative and End of Life Care​​​"

"​​Multimodal Analgesia: Role of Regional Anesthesia Approaches​"

"​Pain Care & Prescription Drug Abuse: Current Topics, Legislation & Policy​"

"​​Risk Factors for and Management of Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression in the Hospitalized Patient with Comorbid Pain and History of Addiction​"

"​Nursing Regulatory Boards’ Efforts to Provide Guidance to Nurses About Mitigating Prescription Medication Abuse/Diversion​"

"​Managing Pain in Individuals with Serious Illness and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder"

"Addiction Prediction: Errors from the Bedside Hurt Patients with Pain"

"The Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-cancer Pain While Preventing Abuse and Diversion"

"Opioid Safety in the Hospital and after Discharge​"

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PCSS Webinars

"When Addiction Hurts: Managing Acute Pain in Patients on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)"

"NSAIDS: Friend or Foe in the Battle Against Pain?"

"Reducing Inpatient Opioid Consumption: Creating a Therapeutic Foundation with Breakthrough Analgesia Based on Patient Function"

"An Innovative Approach to Working with Patients Hospitalized with Serious Infections and Substance Use Disorder"

"The Evolution of Pain Assessment Tools"

"Pain Care Legislation and Public Policy"

"Community in Crisis: A Collaborative Approach to Responding to the Opioid Epidemic"

"Beyond the Opioids: What Matters Most to People Who Visit Emergency Departments for Pain-Related Complaints"

"The Opioid Epidemic: Improving Opioid Safety for Patients Through Prescriber, Patient, & Family Education"

"Opioids: Not Just for Pain Relief in Palliative and End of Life Care"

"Multimodal Analgesia: Role of Regional Anesthesia Approaches"

"Pain Care & Prescription Drug Abuse: Current Topics, Legislation & Policy"

"Risk Factors for and Management of Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression in the Hospitalized Patient with Comorbid Pain and History of Addiction"

"Nursing Regulatory Boards’ Efforts to Provide Guidance to Nurses About Mitigating Prescription Medication Abuse/Diversion"

"Managing Pain in Individuals with Serious Illness and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder"

"Opioid Safety in the Hospital and after Discharge"