SCOPE of Pain (Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education) | Continuing Medical Education | School of Medicine

SCOPE of Pain can be used to count toward the DEA licensure 8-hour training requirement as noted in their 3/27/2023 communication as it aligns with SAMHSA's content recommendations required by the 2022 Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act.

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Core curriculum

Uses a case-study format to cover safer management of both acute and chronic pain, plus information about identifying and managing opioid use disorder, with or without concurrent pain. Available as:
- Online program (2-hours)
- Podcasts (3-hours)
- Webinars (monthly, 2.5- to 3-hours)
- Archived webinar
Supplemental training

Dive deeper into Safer Opioid Prescribing content. Modules range from 30 minutes to 1.75 hours, and include the following topics:
- How to Taper Opioids
- Safer Post-Operative Prescribing
- Safer Prescribing for Acute Dental Pain
- How to Prescribe and Dispense Naloxone
Resources

Find links to guidelines, templates, and other resources, for yourself and your patients, including:
- Sample Patient Provider Agreement
- Links to American Chronic Pain Association; US Pain Foundation; updated CDC and VA Guidelines
Micro-cases

Brief (2-4 minutes each) audio cases, for a quick educational boost about challenges providers face every day. Topics include:
- "My wife overdosed on her fentanyl patch!"
- "Your staff is treating me like a drug addict!"
- "My pain is a 20 on a 10-point scale"
Trainer's toolkit

Brief (2-4 minutes each) audio cases, for a quick educational boost about challenges providers face every day. Topics include:
- Videos demonstration patient-provider communication around a variety of topics
- Skills practice sets, with guided facilitator notes and patient, provider, and observer roles
- Guided case discussion with facilitator guide
- Ready-to-use PowerPoint presentations with embedded videos