We’re on Each Other’s Team: Strategies for Patient-Centered, Interprofessional Chronic Pain Management

This on-demand module focuses on the role of pharmacists as part of the health care team treating patients with chronic pain. Content will review interprofessional collaboration methods, and appropriate monitoring and follow up strategies for patients with chronic pain.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

  • Design patient-centered care plans for patients with chronic pain that include recommendations for interprofessional collaboration.
  • Apply appropriate monitoring and follow up strategies for patients with chronic pain that account for risks associated with pain pharmacotherapy.

Presenter

Michele Matthews, PharmD, BCACP, FASHP, is Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Pharmacy at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Registration Fee: Free for MCPHS alumni and full-time employees; $12.00 for all other professionals. 

Release Date: March 11, 2022
Expiration Date: March 31, 2023
ACPE UAN: 0026-0000-22-100-H08-P | Application   
ACPE Topic Designator: Pain Management and Opioids
Contact Hours: 1.0 (0.1 CEU)

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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. MCPHS designates this educational activity for a total of 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEUs).

To receive credit, participants must complete pre and post-assessments, view the entire presentation, and evaluate the session. Participant credit will be reported to the CPE Monitor upon conclusion. Transcripts may be printed from the CPE Monitor.

The policy of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. Any individuals involved in planning or content creation for a continuing education activity are required to disclose financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the last 24 months. The intent of the policy is to identify and mitigate potential conflicts of interest that may affect the activity. All clinical medicine recommendations must be based on evidence accepted within the medical profession.

Michele Matthews has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Continuing Education staff members hold no financial relationships with ineligible companies related to the content of this presentation.

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will identify, review, and mitigate all conflicts of interest disclosed prior to delivery of an educational activity to learners. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation, but provides participants with information that may be of potential importance when they are evaluating content.