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Clinical Update: Opioid Use in DC

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Conference Center
1100 Alabama Avenue Southeast
Washington, DC 20032

Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 8:30am ET - 5:00pm ET
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1100 Alabama Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC 20032

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Topic

Opioid Use in DC: New Prescriber Tools for Prevention and Treatment

Credits Offered

This event offers 6.0 CE credits to attendees (1.25 pharmacology) .
Accreditation Info: This activity is approved 6.0 contact hour(s) of continuing education (which includes 1.25 hours of pharmacology) by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Activity ID 17082748. This activity was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies..


Additional Information

Objectives

  • Identify new tools for nurse practitioners to prevent and treat opioid abuse and overdose in the District of Columbia.
  • Assess the state of opioid use, abuse, and overdose in the DC.
  • Examine behavioral health aspects of addiction and tools to identify vulnerable patients.
  • Examine and evaluate management and treatment options for opioid addiction, including medication assisted therapy.
  • Discuss the use, benefits, and limitations of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program for opioid prescribers and patients.  
  • Identify ways to improve care and service for active drug users in clinical settings, with lessons learned from a successful community-based model.
  • Examine and evaluate alternative pain management options, including recommendation of medical marijuana in DC.

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This activity is approved 6.0 contact hour(s) of continuing education (which includes 1.25 hours of pharmacology) by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Activity ID 17082748. This activity was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies.


Registration Refund and Cancellation Policy

  • 100% refund will be granted for individuals who email npadcconference@gmail.com to cancel by Monday, September 18, 2017 by 5:00 Eastern Standard time. 
  • 50% refund will be granted for individuals who email npadcconference@gmail.com to cancel by Monday, October 2, 2017 by 5:00 Eastern Standard time. 
  • No refund will be issued after 5:00 EST on October 2, 2017.

Event Agenda

Clinical Update: Opioid Use in DC

Event Agenda

Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 8:30am ET - 5:00pm ET

All times listed in Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Saturday, October 14, 2017

  • 8:30am - 9:00am

    Sign in, Registration, and breakfast

  • 9:00am - 9:15am

    Introduction and House Keeping

    Alicia Baker, MS, FNP-BC

  • 9:15am - 9:45am

    The root of the opioid crisis: A brief review

    Laura Worby, MSN, FNP-BC
    0.5 CE Credits

    Objectives

    1. Identify factors contributing to the current opioid crisis in the US/
    2. Discuss the role of pharmaceutical companies, prescribers, changes in healthcare system, economy, criminal justice system, and their impact

  • 9:45am - 10:15am

    Opioid abuse in DC

    Kenan Zamore, MPH
    0.5 CE Credits

    Objectives

    1. Describe the scope of opioid use and overdose in DC
    2. Analyze data to identify opportunities and priorities for prevention and treatment

  • 10:15am - 11:15am

    The opioid crisis in DC: How NPs can respond

    Dr. Kate Driscoll Malliarakis, PhD, ANP-BC, MAC, FAAN
    1.0 CE Credit

    Objectives

    1. Analyze the disease of addiction from a physiological, behavioral, and spiritual perspective
    2. Utilize screening tools for diagnosing addiction
    3. Review overdose prevention with Naloxone
    4. Discuss when to refer for intervention or treatment
    5. Examine the role of prescribers both problem and solutions

  • 11:15am - 11:30am

    BREAK

  • 11:30am - 12:15pm

    Prescription drug monitoring program: What users need to know

    Dr. Kofi Onumah, PharmD, RPh
    0.75 CE Credits

    Objectives

    1. Describe how Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) benefit health practitioners
    2. Explain the process of information collection and storage
    3. Explain interstate data sharing
    4. Explain the process of registering and obtaining information from the database
    5. Describe the purpose and ideal use cases for using PDMP
    6. Discuss the limitations of PDMPs

  • 12:15pm - 1:15pm

    Break

    Lunch

  • 1:15pm - 2:00pm

    The science and treatment of opioid use disorder

    Dr. Brad Levin, MD, FACC, FACS, FASAM, DABAM, CMRO
    0.75 CE Credits

    Objectives

    1. Examine the neurobiology of addiction
    2. Analyze addiction: a Choice or Genetics?
    3. Discuss available Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
    4. Examine some of the challenges to treatment
    5. Discuss goal of therapy

  • 2:00pm - 2:45pm

    It's this simple: Compassionate, effective responses to the epidemic

    Ms. Cyndee Clay
    0.75 CE Credits

    Objectives

    1.Analyze advances in treating opioid used disorder: Lessons learned from a local community based model
    2. Discuss common misconceptions of drug users and how they impede effective health care practices
    3. Identify systematic changes that can improve health care and health care access for people who use opiates and other drugs
    4. Identify ways to improve care and service for active drug users in clinical settings

  • 2:45pm - 3:00pm

    BREAK

  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm

    Medical Marijuana: Hype or viable pain treatment option

    Dr. Patricia Frye, MD
    0.75 CE Credits

    Objectives

    1. Understand basics of endocananbinoid system
    2. Learn evidence-based use of medical cannabis for variety of pain syndromes
    3. Learn about side effects of medical cannabis
    4. Understand logistics of recommending medical cannabis and basics of DC Medical Cannabis law

  • 3:45pm - 4:45pm

    Alternative approached to pain management

    Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD
    1.0 CE Credit

    Objectives

    1. Examine and compare non-opioid options for pain management including herbs, acupuncture, manipulation, and massage
    2. Discuss strategies for transitioning chronic pain patients from opioids to alternatives in the primary care setting

  • 4:45pm - 5:00pm

    Closing and program evaluation

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