Listen To The Mayo Clinic Podcast On Opioids
Key takeaways to expect:
Taught by Leading Experts
Through Q&A, learn prescribing guidelines and how to address difficult patient conversations about addiction
Relevant and Applicable
Concise best practice and case-based conversations
Learn at Your Own Pace
Learn at your own time, at your own pace through ten podcast episodes
Mayo Clinic physicians discuss new opioid prescribing guidelines and share real-life examples from their practice
This course is appropriate for:
- Physicians
- Nurse practitioners
- Physicians’ assistants
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
It is also particularly relevant for primary care physicians who maintain and monitor patients on chronic opioid therapy.
Learning objective:
- Identify when it is appropriate to initiate or continue opioid therapy for a patient
- Select the best opioid medication, dosage, and duration for a patient identified as a good candidate for opioid therapy
- Recognize the risks of opioid therapy and recommend treatment options for opioid use disorder
Course Agenda
Program Schedule
| TITLE | PHSYICIAN | RUNTIME | |
| 1.1 | The Opioid Crisis and Pain Management | Gazelka | 09:56 |
| 1.2 | Managing Acute and Chronic Pain | Gazelka | 17:27 |
| 1.3 | Family Practitioners: Assessing the Patient | Patchett | 09:42 |
| 1.4 | Treating Special Populations & Situations | Patchett | 11:38 |
| 2.1 | Acute Prescribing: Emergency Room Prescribing | Clements | 23:04 |
| 2.2 | Assessing & Treating Opioid Misuse in the ED | Clements | 17:40 |
| 2.3 | Treating Opioid Addiction | Geyer | 15:09 |
| 2.4 | Family & Patient Counseling | Geyer | 10:09 |
| 3.1 | Opioid Monitoring and Considerations for Tapering | Gazelka | 32:00 |
| 3.2 | Management of Opioid Side Effects | Feeley | 26:15 |
Course Directors
Casey M. Clements, MD, PhD
Dr. Casey Clements, MD is a board certified emergency medicine physician in Rochester, Minnesota. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Minnesota and Florida. He is affiliated with Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Minnesota.
Holly L. Geyer, MD
Dr. Holly Geyer is a Hospital Internal Medicine practitioner with additional specialty licensure in Addiction Medicine. She is active in research, patient advocacy and healthcare policy at an enterprise and state level.
Event Pricing
All Medical Professionals
- Earn up to 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Listen through 10 episodes
- Access course materials through December 31, 2020