Best Practices for Treatment of Acute Pain: Express Interest and Pre-Survey

Welcome to the Pre-registration site for the Rhode Island Department of Health's Academic Detailing Opportunity To request an academic detailing session for yourself or a group, please register by clicking the "Register" tab above and then the brown-colored "Register" button. You will be contacted within 2 business days by Carol Stone at the RI Department of Health to schedule. Completion of a pre-survey is required before the educational session. Please take 5 minutes or less to complete via the link in the forthcoming confirmation email. *If you do not receive this email, please check your spam folder Please note that you must have an account in this system in order to register. If you do not have an account, instructions for creating one are below. To Create an Account: Click on Log-in, located in the brown bar at the top of this page. Then, click on guest login and the 'create a guest account' tab. Complete the form and submit. You are now in the system and your name should appear in the brown bar at the top. Overview Patients who undergo certain medical procedures may experience acute pain. Safe and effective treatment is essential in ensuring functional recovery, quality of life and decreased risk of persistent post procedure pain. This course will provide practical resources and tools to assist in managing postoperative acute pain.

After participating in this activity, the learner should be better able to: 

1. Calculate morphine milligram equivalents (MME) in order to prescribe safer dosages of opioids.
2. Identify high risk patients and prescribe naloxone to these patients to prevent risk of overdose death.
3. Identify non-opioid therapeutic options for acute pain management.