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1/25/24 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds -Regional Anesthesia: Its Role in the Opioid Crisis

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 0.75

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize the risk factors of opioid misuse
  • Acknowledge the impact of chronic opioid use in the perioperative period
  • Appreciate that the use of regional anesthesia can decrease the use of opioids in the perioperative period

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Hah, J, et.al. Chronic opioid use after surgery: Implications for Perioperative Management in the face of Opioid Epidemic. Anest.&Anal, November 2017 Vol25#5. 1733-1744

Authors:
Maria E. Munoz-Allen, MD — Associate Professor, Clinical Anesthesia, Assistant Director, Regional Anesthesia, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University Hospital
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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