In the midst of the raging opioid crisis, how do we help patients with pain without either blindly enabling more addiction or callously allowing suffering?

Dr. Kathy Trevnicek, a practicing physician specializing in physical medicine and rehab as well as pain management (with speciality training at the Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins) joins us to co-host this CME-enabled episode of Against Medical Advice.

To get CME credit for nurses, docs, and PAs, visit our partners at Physician’s Weekly and AKH here!

Catch the audio of the episode on #IncidentReport, a top-rated podcast in Science and Medicine on iTunes!

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Join the conversation in the comments on the original Facebook Live video (and stay tuned for a permanent link where you can get CME credit!):

DILAUDID FOR ALL!!! #AgainstMedicalAdvice

You get dilaudid! And YOU get dilaudid! AND YOU GET DILAUDID! Dr. Kathy Travnicek, a real life pain doc, joins ZDoggMD for a chronic pain SMACKDOWN. Get CME/CE for watching too! Read through the below and click the link to claim 1 hr of category I credit, cuz SCIENCE! #AgainstMedicalAdvice http://akhcme.com/akhcme/pages/zdoggmdAlso: it's a podcast! Rate and subscribe here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/incident-report-with-zdoggmd/id1218431966?mt=2TARGET AUDIENCE This activity is designed to meet the needs of physicians and nurses. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to: • Discuss how to make pain management goals and a treatment plan through an understanding of the patient’s baseline measurements and by being a great coach, motivator, mentor, and teacher. • Review the importance of team work in providing optimal pain management, including the need to include the patient on that team; • Describe the differences between patients with hyperalgia, opioid tolerance, or for whom opioids are simply ineffective; • Explain various treatment options for chronic pain and opioid addiction. METHOD OF PARTICIPATION Statements of credit will be awarded based on the participant's attendance. A statement of credit will be available upon completion of an online evaluation/claimed credit form available at http://akhcme.com/akhcme/pages/zdoggmd. To avoid issues with your spam filter, please list service@akhcme.com as an approved email address. If you have questions about this CME/CE activity, please contact AKH inc. at jgoldman@akhcme.com. CME/CE Credit Provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare PHYSICIANS This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare , Physician’s Weekly and ZDogg MD, LLC. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physician Assistants NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME. NURSING AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is awarded 1.0 contact hour(s). FACULTY Zubin Damania, MD Discloses no financial relationships with pharmaceutical or medical product manufacturers. Katherine Travnicek, MD Discloses no financial relationships with pharmaceutical or medical product manufacturers. Christopher Cole – Managing Editor, Physicians Weekly Discloses no financial relationships with pharmaceutical or medical product manufacturers. Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN- CE Director of Accreditation Discloses no financial relationships with pharmaceutical or medical product manufacturers. Physician's Weekly planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Commercial Support There is no commercial support for this activity. Disclosures It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are resolved by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity and may include any of or combination of the following: attestation to non-commercial content; notification of independent and certified CME/CE expectations; referral to National Author Initiative training; restriction of topic area or content; restriction to discussion of science only; amendment of content to eliminate discussion of device or technique; use of other author for discussion of recommendations; independent review against criteria ensuring evidence support recommendation; moderator review; and peer review. Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Investigational Product This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Disclaimer This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through participant's misunderstanding of the content.

Posted by ZDoggMD on Sunday, April 9, 2017