Target Audience: This activity is designed for primary care physicians and specialty care physicians.
Webinar Description: Fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses are an ongoing and worsening national epidemic. CDC data shows 107,000 drug overdose deaths nationally for 2021. In Minnesota, drug overdose deaths spiked 38% in a 12-month period from 2020 to 2021 and non-fatal overdoses increased 18% from 2019 to 2020. As we see the worsening and evolving nature of the overdose epidemic, it has become apparent that prescription opioids are no longer the primary contributor. Drugs such as Illicitly manufactured fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin are the primary drivers of the drug overdose epidemic. The State pf Minnesota is working hard to address the epidemic. This physician toolkit, presented by the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA), the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS) gives Minnesota physicians resources and tools to help prevent overdoses and overdose deaths, identify, and treat substance use and substance use disorder, practice harm reduction, understand safer opioid prescribing and learn about better care for pain.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe current trends in the drug overdose epidemic both nationally and in Minnesota
- Utilize state and national tools and guidance to reduce harm for people taking opioids
- Identify educational resources to make pain treatment safer and more effective, emphasizing nonopioid and non-pharmaceutical treatments
- Discover resources for treatment of substance use disorders and recovery supports for people with opioid use disorder
How to obtain your Certificate of Completion:
In order to document your participation in the training, please follow the steps below to obtain your Certificate.
- View the recorded webinar.
- Click “Survey” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the final course evaluation.
- Click “Evaluation” to complete the final PCSS course evaluation.
- Follow instructions at the end of the course regarding how to retrieve a certificate.
- If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email pcss@aaap.org or call (855) 227-2776.
Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
