Prescribing Practices and Management of Pain and Substance Use Disorder Course Agenda:
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Course Day 1
8:00 AM: Registration
8:30 – 10:30 AM:
- Pre-Test
- Introduction
- Proper indications for prescribing
- Choosing the medication
- Requirement of adequate prior examination
- Identifying contra-indications before prescribing
- Identifying potential medication interactions before prescribing
- Non-prescription (over-the-counter) drugs
10:30 – 10:45 AM: BREAK
10:45 AM – 12:30 PM:
- Herbal remedy interactions
- Food interactions
- Alcohol interactions
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacodynamics
12:30 – 1:30 PM: LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:30 – 3:30 PM:
- Dosing errors
- Informed consent for medications
- Instructions to patients on medications
- Medication warnings for patients
- Safe monitoring of patients
3:30 – 3:45 PM: BREAK
3:45 – 5:30 PM:
- Preventing, identifying and managing medication non-compliance
- Collaborative care
- Terminating care of a patient on medication
- Controlled substances prescribing requirements
5:30 PM: ADJOURN
Course Day 2
8:30 – 10:30 AM:
- Treating addicted patients
- Drug-seeking patients
- Substance-abusing patients
- Fraudulent prescriptions
10:30 – 10:45 AM: BREAK
10:45 AM – 12:30 PM:
- Prescribing excessive quantities of medications
- Clinician storage and dispensing of controlled substances
- Chronic pain diagnosis
- Chronic pain medication treatment
- Chronic pain syndrome
12:30 – 1:30 PM: LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:30 – 3:30 PM:
- Management of chronic insomnia
- Classes of medications associated with increased risk
- Medications prescribed for psychoactive effects
3:30 – 3:45 PM: BREAK
3:45 – 5:30 PM:
- Prescribing function-enhancing medications
- Internet medication prescribing
- Internet medication purchases by patients
5:30 PM: ADJOURN
Course Day 3
8:30 – 10:30 AM:
- Aiding and abetting of unlicensed practice
- Prescribing by supervised nurse practitioners and physician assistants
- Formulary conflicts
- Acceptable off-label medication prescribing
- Deviations from pharmaceutical manufacturers’ recommendations
- Sources of information for prescribing medications
- Illegible, ambiguous and contradictory medication orders
10:30 – 10:45 AM: BREAK
10:45 AM: – 12:45 PM:
- Verbal orders, standing orders and PRN orders
- Self-prescribing by clinicians
- Prescribing for family members or friends
- Common bases for actions by regulatory agencies relating to medications
- Post-Test
12:45 PM: ADJOURN