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Proper Prescribing of Controlled Prescription Drugs
This training program was designed to enhance healthcare providers' understanding of the controlled prescription epidemic and proper prescribing practices for the individual and their office practices. This evidence-based medicine program will increase awareness, stimulate self-reflection and trigger areas for change. There are seven modules in this training program. We suggest you do all modules in order, but you may do any module you like and, in any order, based on your needs. Each module has a pre/post-test and self-assessment and application activities within the module. Resources are provided within each module to further enhance your learning.
Each module takes between 25 and 60 minutes to complete. CME credit is available for those who complete the pre/post-tests and an online evaluation form. Information on claiming CME credits are within each module. Click on the link below for instructions to register for CME credits.
Module 1: The CPD Epidemic, Physicians Misprescribing and the Roles of the DEA and Medical Board
Goals: The purpose of this module is to provide participants with an in depth look at the controlled prescription drug problem and how physicians play a role in the epidemic.
Objectives: Participants completing this module will be able to:
- Discuss the controlled prescription drugs (CPD) epidemic.
- Compare and contrast the role of the medical board and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
- Define 10 reasons prescribers misprescribing CPD.
- Determine one’s risk for misprescribing.
Module 1: The Controlled Prescription Drug Epidemic, Physician Misprescribing and the Roles of the DEA and Medical Board
Module 2: Federal and State Guidelines for Proper Prescribing Practices
Goals: The purpose of this module is to provide prescribers with an overview of the proper prescribing of controlled prescription drugs (CPD) according to both federal and state recommendations and guidelines.
Objectives: Participants who complete this module will be able to:
- State the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) prescribing guidelines.
- Describe the controlled substance act.
- Compare and contrast schedules I through V as assigned by the DEA.
- Identify at least 5 must do, avoid, and never do behaviors or activities when prescribing CPDs according to the DEA.
Module 3: Best Clinical Practices for Proper Prescribing of CPD
Goals: The purpose of this module is to provide prescribers with a systematic approach to best practices for proper prescribing of controlled prescription drugs (CPD) and monitoring patients on chronic CPD.
Objectives: Participants who complete this module will be able to:
- List the steps in the four-step approach.
- List and describe various screening tools to assess for substance use.
- Compare and contrast UDS and UDT.
- Apply the Provider Decision Aid and screening tools to various case scenarios.
Module 4: Overview of Pain and TN Chronic Pain Guidelines
Goals: The purpose of this self-learning module is to provide an overview of pain types/classifications and typical pain management options based on the type of pain, and to outline the Tennessee Chronic Pain Guidelines as an example for guiding care of patients with chronic pain.
(This information is targeted toward the primary care provider and not pain medicine specialists.)
Objectives: Participants completing this module will be able to:
- Identify and categorize pain based on the source of pain.
- Select appropriate treatment options (pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments) based on the type of pain.
- Apply knowledge to various case scenarios.
Module 5: Understanding Substance Abuse
Goals: The purpose of this module is to help participants assess and diagnose patients at risk for substance misuse and substance use disorders while sharing some of the latest resources and tools available to help healthcare providers understand their patients with substance dependence.
Objectives: Participants completing this module will be able to:
- Describe the neurobiology of addiction.
- Define tolerance, dependence, misuse, withdrawal.
- Diagnose substance use disorders using DSM-5 criteria.
- Compare and contrast treatment options for substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and opioid dependency.
- Describe the 12-step process.
Module 6: SBIRT, Screening Tools and Motivational Interviewing
Goals: The purpose of this module is to demonstrate SBIRT, MI, the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, and available screening tools to help healthcare providers identify, treat, and refer patients with substance use disorders.
Objectives: Participants completing this module will be able to:
- List the components of SBIRT and apply SBIRT in practices cases.
- Compare and contrast various screening tools and select appropriate screening tools based on case scenarios.
- Identify OARS in videos of brief interventions using motivational interviewing.
- Identify in cases patients at various stages of change.
Module 7: Tennessee CPD Laws, Regulations & Guidelines
Goals: The purpose of this self-learning activity is to provide an update on the latest Tennessee prescribing laws and chronic pain guidelines.
*This module is relevant to Tennessee prescribers only.
Objectives: Participants completing this module will be able to:
- Describe three of the latest TN prescribing laws.
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Discuss in detail the TN chronic pain guidelines.
CME
Prescribing Modules Evaluation Form
Charlene M. Dewey, M.D., M.Ed., MACP – Principle Investigator
Center for Professional Health – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine/Vanderbilt University Medical Center
615-936-0678 | cph@vumc.org | ww2.mc.vanderbilt.edu/cph/home