*Note: These presenters were Involved in the development of the 2017 Curriculum only.
Cost: No fee
Target Audience: This activity is designed for physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, and PAs. This activity is not accredited.
Description: Participants who engage in this activity learn to identify the key features of opioid use disorder (OUD). They review a neurobiological framework/explanatory model for patients with chronic pain and opioid use disorder, and learn to recognize that differentiating opioid use disorder from pain is a complex task. Participants are informed about how to perform an OUD evaluation in primary care.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe a neurobiological framework/explanatory model for patients with chronic pain and opioid use disorder
- Recognize that differentiating opioid use disorder from pain is a complex task
- Identify key features of opioid use disorder
- Describe how to perform an opioid use disorder evaluation in primary care
