Scope of Pain
October 18, 2018
Doubletree Hilton
229 Hingham Street
Rockland, MA 02370
7:30 am- 3:00 pm
Tuition $25.00
Earn credits for: CME, CNE, ABIM, MOC Part II, Risk Management and Opioid Education
Agenda
Registration
Continental Breakfast
Welcome
District Attorney Tim Cruz and Sheriff Joseph McDonald
Scope Overview/Assessing Chronic Pain and Opioid Misuse Risk
SCOPE of Pain is an-depth training that focuses on effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioid misuse risk and how to manage opioid therapy including opioid tapers using a patient-centered approach.
Scope Course Director: Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH- Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Break
Safer Prescribing of Opioids/Assessing and Managing Aberrant Medication-Taking Behavior
Massachusetts Prescribing Laws
Working Lunch, Q&A
Challenges with Legal Cannabis
Romas Buivydas, Ph.D., LMHC. Vice Presidentof Clinical Development for Spectrum Health Systems
Break
Management of the Primary Care: Outpatient Management for Adults
Alejandro Mendoza MD, Chief of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
Caring for Families with Substance Exposed Newborns
Marianne Valle, RN, BSN, New Beginnings South Coast Medical Group
Conference Q & A
Sarah Cloud
For questions, contact: bucme office at 617-358-5005 or email cme@bu.edu