Medical Grand Rounds - "Update on Opioid Crisis and Alternatives"

Friday, January 13, 2023 | 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Microsoft Teams

Presenter: Michael Bottros, MD, Clinical Operations and Medical Director for Pain Services; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Address the challenges associated with the management of acute and chronic pain
  2. List best practices for pain management involving opioids
  3. Utilize alternative treatment modalities to treat and manage pain appropriately
  4. Refer to a pain specialist, when appropriate
  5. Define CURES regulation requirement and utilize CURES website effectively
  6. Consider ethnic, cultural, and societal issues surrounding the use of opioids in managing acute and chronic pain and address these issues appropriately

Date, Time and Location: Friday, January 13, 2023 at noon on Microsoft Teams®

Register: Email Trish.Stern@guthrie.org to be included.

This program is intended for: Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Fellows, Residents, Medical and Nursing Students, and other Ancillary Healthcare Caregivers.

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Designation Statement: “The Guthrie Clinic designates this live activity for a maximum of (1.0) AMA PRA Category I Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.”

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