Resource Details

SCOPE of Pain

Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

Year Developed: 2022

Resource Type: E-Learning.

Primary Audience: Clinicians

Language(s): English

Sponsored by: National Association of Community Health Centers

Developed by: Boston University School of Medicine (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities designed to help you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics. Our program consists of: A 2-module cased-based online activity Live conferences held around the US Resources for use institutionally Supplemental, focused content to extend the knowledge built through the core curriculum The FDA has mandated manufacturers of opioid analgesics, as part of a comprehensive Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), to make available comprehensive prescriber education in the safe use of these medications based on the FDA curriculum known as the Opioid Analgesic REMS Education Blueprint for Health Care Providers Involved in the Treatment and Monitoring of Patients with Pain (PDF). Our curriculum covers all aspects of this blueprint and more to provide a comprehensive educational program.

Resource Details: Providers whose practices prescribe opioid analgesics to treat pain are in a key position to balance the benefits and risks of opioid therapy. However, providers struggle with the need to assist their patients with adequate management of chronic pain while confronting the risks associated with opioid prescribing. The SCOPE of Pain educational program looks to address that need with strategies for multidisciplinary, inter-professional care addressed in its curriculum.

Resource Topic: Clinical Issues, Special and Vulnerable Populations

Resource Subtopic: Substance Use Disorders.

Keywords: Opioids.