Non-Opioid Pain Management

This course explains how to diagnose pain, the role of psychological factors in the development and maintenance of chronic pain, and evidence-based non-opioid alternatives to treat pain.

Target Audience

All Prescribers of Controlled Substances

MD/DO

Advanced Practice Clinicians

Registered Nurses

Dentists

Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss how to diagnose pain in a way that guides treatment and addresses psychological co-morbidities 
  2. Review non-opioid evidence-based treatments for pain, including commonly used medications.
  3. Describe complementary and alternative treatments and what it means to practice “integrative medicine”.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
01/01/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2027
Part of: 
Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention
Rating: 
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Jonathan Clapp, MD, MS received his medical degree from Rosalind Franklin University in Illinois.  He completed his residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and was chief resident at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.  He is triple board certified in PM&R, Pain Medicine and Addiction Medicine and has been practicing pain medicine in the Denver area since 2009.  He is currently Past-President of the Colorado Pain Society and former Chairman of the Colorado Medical Society’s Substance Use Disorder Committee. 

Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS) through the joint providership of Compass Healthcare Collaborative and Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. Compass Healthcare Collaborative is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation: Compass designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support: This activity was developed without support from any ineligible company. *The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: Compass adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. The content of this activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. None of the planners or moderators for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing products used by or on patients.

Available Credit

  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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