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(ACCME) The American Society of Addiction Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
(AMA) The American Society of Addiction Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
In accordance with the disclosure policies of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities. These policies include resolving all conflicts of interest between the CME Committee, Planning Committee and faculty, and commercial interests that might otherwise compromise the goal and educational integrity of this activity. All planning CME Committee, Planning Committee and faculty participating in the activity have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. The ASAM CME Committee has reviewed these disclosures and determined that the planning committee and faculty relationships are not inappropriate in the content of their respective presentations and are not inconsistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.
ASAM CME Committee and Reviewers Disclosure Listing
2012 Pain and Addiction Planning Committee Disclosure Listing
2012 Pain and Addiction Conference Faculty Disclosure Listing
Pain and Addiction Goals and Objectives:
- Learn the scope of the impaired physician problem in the USA.
- Review the evidence on outcome data in the treatment of impaired physicians
- Understand the epidemiology of the prescription opioid epidemic.
- Describe the increase in overdose deaths related to increase opioid prescribing and dosage level
- Learn how to properly prescribe opioids, following a Universal Precaution paradigm
Pain and Addiction Target Audience: Primary Care Physicians, Addiction Medicine Specialists, Pain Management Specialists CME/Quiz Instructions.