Policy Solutions to the Opioid Crisis: What Have We Learned?

Activity Details
  • Credit Amounts:
    • CME: 0.75
    • CPE: 0.75
    • CNE: 0.50
    • Other: 0.75
    • CDE: 0.75
    • CPHCE: 1.00
  • Cost: Free
  • Release: May 15, 2020
  • Expires: May 15, 2023
  • Estimated Time to Complete:
    45 Minutes
  • Average User Rating:
    (30 Ratings)

Faculty

Jeffery Talbert Jeffery Talbert, PhD
Joseph Schutte Professor, Pharmaceutical Policy, Pharmacy Practice and Science
Director, Institute for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Division Chief, Biomedical Informatics
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Associate Director
UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science
UK HealthCare
Deputy Director
Center for Rural and Underserved Health Research
Co-director, Data Analytics Core
Kentucky Can HEAL Project
Lexington, Kentucky

Needs Statement

Opioid use disorder is an ongoing epidemic and states are enacting a range of policies to address the crisis. Health care providers need to understand how the policies impact practice and patient outcomes.

Target Audience

Health care professionals/prescribers including physicians, physician assistants, nurses, advance practice registered nurses, pharmacists, dentists, dental hygienists, social workers, counselors, and any others interested in the prevention of and treatment for substance abuse disorder and sustained recovery.

Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe supply-side and demand-side interventions used in substance use policy responses
  • Discuss recent policy changes in Kentucky that regulate the prescribing and dispensing of prescription opioids
  • Identify impact of policy changes on supply and demand for prescription opioids

Accreditation

CME
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, and Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy. The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine presents this activity for educational purposes only. Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected for presentations because of recognized expertise in their field.

This training has been approved by the KBML as meeting the statutory requirements of HB1. 0619-H6.0-CEPK1

ACGME Competencies

  • Patient care
  • Professionalism

CPE
ACPEThe University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

This knowledge-based activity has been assigned UAN JA0000312-9999-20-001-H01-P and will award 0.75 contact hours (0.075 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit in states that recognize ACPE providers.

Statements of participation will indicate hours and CEUs based on participation and will be issued online at the conclusion of the activity. Successful completion includes completing the activity, its accompanying evaluation and/or posttest (score 70% or higher) and requesting credit online at the conclusion of the activity. Credit will be uploaded to CPE Monitor, and participants may print a statement of credit or transcript from their NABP e-profile. The College complies with the Accreditation Standards for Continuing Pharmacy Education.

CNE
The University of Kentucky, College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).

This educational activity is offered for a maximum of 0.50 ANCC contact hours.

Provider #: 0040. In order to receive credit, participants complete this CNE activity and submit a credit application and evaluation form online. Certificates may be printed once the evaluation is completed.

Other
UK Healthcare CECentral certifies this activity for 0.75 hours of participation.

CDE
This online course meets regulatory requirements for 0.75 hours credit as permitted by 201 KAR 8:532 for dentists and 201 KAR 8:562 for dental hygienists.

CPHCE
University of Kentucky College of Public Health certifies that this educational activity was designated for 1.00 hour of Public Health Continuing Education (CPHCE) credit. This course is approved for continuing education by the University of Kentucky College of Public Health. ()

Faculty Disclosure

No speakers or planners have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

The material presented in this course represents information obtained from the scientific literature as well as the clinical experiences of the speaker. In some cases, presentations might include discussion of investigational agents and/or off-label indications for various agents used in clinical practice. The speaker will inform the audience when discussing investigational and/or off-label uses.

Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone commercial bias in any presentation, but it is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.

Acknowledgement

This activity is jointly provided by the University of Kentucky and Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy.

In collaboration with Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC).

Review Dates

7/9/22.