PMP Series: An Opioid Epidemic: The Healthcare Professional’s Role in Prevention
Join Dr. Holly Geyer to learn about initiating and monitoring an Opioid Stewardship Program and the importance of prevention in healthcare.
Objectives:
1. Review the evolving prescribed and illicit opioid landscape
2. Understand the basic principles of opioid stewardship and its value as a structured institutional program
3. Discuss the steps necessary to initiate and monitor an Opioid Stewardship Program
Audience:
Prescribing Clinicians and their teams
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
This course has been approved by Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine (CCSME), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1 educational credits. NAADAC Provider #324712, CCSME is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
Contact Hours 1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
Speaker
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Holly L. Geyer, MDDr. Holly Geyer is an Associate Professor of Medicine and consultant in the Division of Hospital Internal Medicine. She is dual board certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine and serves as Physician Lead of the Opioid Stewardship Program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona as well as Medical Director of Mayo Clinic Arizona Occupational Health Services. She is a nationally recognized speaker and author on the topic of opioids and addiction neurobiology. She is active at the local and national level addressing opioid policy and co-chairs multiple state taskforces and working groups in addition to serving as a content expert for multiple national organizations. She is also the Medical Advisor and addiction expert for the NFL Alumni Association Health Initiative and helps coordinate national activities and partnerships to educate the public about opioids.
