Opioid Stewardship: Evidence‑Based Pain Management, Prescribing, and Substance Use Disorder Care (St. Francis Healthcare)
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Course Overview
This educational series provides a comprehensive, evidence‑based framework for safe and effective pain management, opioid prescribing, and the identification and treatment of opioid use disorder across clinical settings. Participants will explore alternatives to opioids, appropriate indications and risks of opioid therapy, the role of buprenorphine in pain and OUD, practical implementation of MOUD in primary care, and best practices for tapering opioids and benzodiazepines. Emphasis is placed on patient‑centered care, risk mitigation, shared decision‑making, and alignment with current clinical guidelines.
Course Content
Credits
* AMA PRA Category 1™ credits are used by physicians and other groups like PAs and certain nurses. Category 1 credits are accepted by the ACCME, ARDMS, CCI, and Sonography Canada.
Course Details
- Duration
- 5.00 hours
- Released
- Jul 1, 2026
- Last Review
- Jul 1, 2026
- Expires
- Jun 30, 2029
Objectives
Apply evidence‑based strategies for pain management, opioid prescribing, and risk mitigation across acute, chronic, and complex clinical scenarios.
Implement best practices for identifying and treating opioid use disorder, including initiation of medications for opioid use disorder and harm reduction strategies.
Integrate patient‑centered approaches to opioid and benzodiazepine tapering, transitions of care, and shared decision‑making to improve safety and clinical outcomes.
Target Audience
St. Francis Healthcare Clinical Staff
Faculty & Disclosure
Faculty
Susan Bradley, Rachael Duncan
Disclosure
Susan Bradley and Rachael Duncan disclose no such relationships exist
Accreditation
•The Compass Healthcare Collaborative (Compass) is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidenced-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence all parties involved in content development are required to disclose all conflicts of interest with ACCME defined ineligible companies.
•The CME planning committee who are in a position to control the content of this CME Activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
•None of the planners or speakers 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.
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 Epifluence. Compass Healthcare Collaborative is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
Compass Healthcare Collaborative designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. 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.
Note: After participating in our event, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance detailing the number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ you can claim. This certificate does not automatically award continuing education credit, it is provided for self-reporting requirements and must be submitted to your respective state board for license renewal. Thank you for your attention to this matter, and feel free to reach out to Amber Rizzo at rizzoa@compasshcc.org if you have further questions.