P.A.C.T. Update: Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain is a 3-part curriculum which examines the full spectrum of pain management options available to clinicians, including the safe and effective use of opioids. AMGA has partnered with Pri-Med’s P.A.C.T. Update: Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain 2024-2025 curriculum to provide education to AMGA physicians and other AMGA health care providers engaged in prescribing and or treating patients with opioid analgesics. This program is intended for those involved with direct patient care, including all members of the healthcare team. This curriculum is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

You must complete all three parts in order to be considered a REMS FDA Blueprint Completer

Part 1 of this series, Assessing Pain and Initiating Non-Opioid Pain Management, focuses on improving clinicians’ ability to recognize, diagnose, and classify pain, while educating clinicians on nonpharmacologic and nonopioid pharmacologic treatment options.
 
Part 2, Reducing Risks with Opioid Use, focuses on improving clinicians’ ability to assess potential risk factors for abuse and opioid use disorder/addiction. Clinicians will also review best practices to reduce the risks associated with prescription of opioid analgesics, information about safe opioid prescribing, as well as safe storage and disposal.
 
Part 3, Approaches to Opioid Treatment and Counseling Patients, will focus on providing risk reduction strategies through integration of opioids into individualized pain management plans. Clinicians will learn counseling strategies, including counseling about the use of naloxone for opioid overdose and how to recognize opioid use disorder and act appropriately to treat or refer patients.
 
This curriculum is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://ce.opioidanalgesicrems.com/RpcCEUI/rems/pdf/resources/List_of_RPC_Companies.pdf for a listing of REMS Program Companies.


By participating in the curriculum, you are opting in to allow Pri-Med to provide AMGA with participation/completion of participants and results by aggregate for each AMGA Medical Organization.