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Physician & Medical Providers (Pain Management)
| Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
| Pain Management Opioid Safety VA Educational Guide (2014) |
Toolkit | AUDIENCE: Primary Care Physicians | ||
| McCaffrey Initial Pain Assessment Tool | Pain Assessment Tool | Includes diagrams of body and questions to initially assess location, intensity, quality, causes, effects, and contributing factors of pain. |
See Expand Programs & Options for Chronic Pain ManagementSee Expand & Enhance Chronic Pain Prevention | |
| Pain Assessment and Documentation Tool (PADT) | Pain management Tool | Designed to be easily included in a patient's medical record to facilitate ongoing evaluation of pain and treatment. | ||
| E-Learning | AUDIENCE: Medical Providers This module presents providers with various options for managing chronic pain, giving them the tools they need to identify appropriate nonopioid medications and nonpharmacologic treatments and facilitate a patient-centered approach. |
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Providers' Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies (PCSS-O) |
AUDIENCE: Medical Providers PCSS-O offers a large library of online modules that allow you to take trainings when you want and at your own pace. The modules enhance prescribers’ and other health professionals’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding safe and effective use of medication assisted treatment of opioid use disorder. Most modules include CME credit. Details about obtaining credit are provided with each module description and are noted on the page |
Physician & Medical Providers (Safe Prescribing)
| Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
| CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain 2016 | Training | AUDIENCE: Medical Providers Report published by the CDC providing recommendations about the appropriate prescribing of prescription opioids and other treatment options to improve pain management and patient safety. |
CDC Checklist for prescribing opioids for chronic pain Supplemental Guideline resources: Videos, training, posters [1] | |
| E-learning (Free & CME Credits Available) | AUDIENCE: Medical Providers This curriculum is considered the most comprehensive and up-to-date curriculum developed thus far for the treatment of chronic pain. It is a FREE, e-learning training and mentoring project on safe effective use of opioids for treatment of chronic pain and safe and effective treatment of opioid use disorder. |
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| E-learning | AUDIENCE: medical students, primary care providers, neurologists, anesthesiologists, pain specialists, obstetrician/gynecologists, orthopedists, nurse practitioners, nurses and other healthcare practitioners who manage patients with chronic pain. This FREE module describes the prevalence of prescription opioid abuse in the United States and the skills and tools clinicians can use to screen for and prevent abuse in patients with pain. |
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| Guidelines & Tools for Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse | E-Learning | Colorado School of Public Health | AUDIENCE: Physicians, Nurses & Pharmacists This 1-hour course is specifically designed to raise awareness among health professionals who are authorized to prescribe, dispense, and administer controlled substances – including clinicians, pharmacists and nurses. Only a collaborative effort among prescribers, providers and regulators can succeed in promoting appropriate use of controlled substances while minimizing their abuse and diversion. |
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| How to Change Routes of Administration of Opioids | Informational | AUDIENCE: Clinicians Dosing guidelines for use when changing routes of administration of commonly used opioid analgesics. |
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| Considerations for Prescribing Opioids | Informational | Presentation describing informed consent and monitoring considerations following initiation of prescription opioid therapy. | ||
| CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline Mobile App Google Play (Android devices) Apple Store (iOS devices) |
Informational app advertisement | AUDIENCE: Medical Providers CDC’s new Opioid Guideline App is designed to help providers apply the recommendations of CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain into clinical practice by putting the entire guideline, tools, and resources in the palm of their hand. Managing chronic pain is complex, but accessing prescribing guidance has never been easier. The application includes a Morphine Milligram Equivalent (MME) calculator*, summaries of key recommendations and a link to the full Guideline, and an interactive motivational interviewing feature to help providers practice effective communications skills and prescribe with confidence. |
App Infographic | |
| E-Learning | AUDIENCE: Prescribers This module presents an overview of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain: It explains the rationale for the Guideline’s creation, highlights key recommendations, and describes the benefits of implementing the Guideline. |
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Physician & Medical Providers (Understanding Abuse)
| Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
| E-learning | AUDIENCE: medical students, primary care providers, neurologists, anesthesiologists, pain specialists, obstetrician/gynecologists, orthopedists, nurse practitioners, nurses and other healthcare practitioners who manage patients with chronic pain. This free module describes the symptoms and prevalence of opioid addiction and dependence in patients with a diagnosis of chronic pain. |
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| Sample Notification of Discontinuation of Opioid Treatment Form | Letter Template | AUDIENCE: Health care providers Form used to provide patients with information about why opioid treatment can no longer be provided and information about local treatment programs |
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| Knowing When to Say When: Transitioning Patients From Opioid Therapy. | E-learning | AUDIENCE: Medical Care Providers A 2-hour course that covers how to recognize aberrant drug-taking behaviors, strategies for monitoring patients, using a risk-benefit framework to help determine options for discontinuation of opioids, and strategies for transition patients off of opioids and how to treat opioid withdrawal symptoms, among other related content. |
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| Commonly Used Long-Acting Opioids Chart | Informational | This information sheet provides examples of patient behaviors that may indicate prescription medication abuse or addiction and behaviors that may appear aberrant but are likely to be part of the normal process of stabilizing a patient’s pain condition. | ||
Dentists & Oral Health Professionals
| Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
| Best Prescribing Practices in Dentistry Course | E-Learning | Colorado School of Public Health | Audience: Dentist and Oral Health Professionals This 1-hour online, self-paced course will provide information to understand the significance of the opioid epidemic, understand the role of dentists, learn best practices and strategies for preventing prescription drug diversion and abuse, and identify tools and resources. |
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