Our latest CPD accredited course 'Reducing Opioid Prescribing in Chronic Pain' is now live
Our latest CPD accredited course 'Reducing Opioid Prescribing in Chronic Pain' is now live
There has been a marked and progressive rise in prescribing of opioid drugs in the UK over the past decade and the trend to increased prescribing continues, predominantly for the treatment of chronic, non-cancer pain.
The CPD certified course is now available on our e-learning platform, and will help equip healthcare professionals to tackle this growth in use and to improve care for patients with chronic pain.
The course is comprised of eight modules:
- Background to chronic pain
- Opioid efficacy and trial of treatment
- Choice of strong opioid
- Adverse effects of opioids
- Duration of opioid therapy and review
- Tapering and stopping opioids
- Prescription opioid dependence
- Specialist services
The course also includes contributions from Dr Ruth Bastable, a GP and speaker with significant experience and expertise on the topic of substance and prescription drug misuse.
Course access:
- A free trial of this course is available for subscribers for five members of the medicines management team, please contact your subscriber lead for a promo code.
- Subscribers can commission for an unlimited number of people in their team and GP Practices, for only £375 (+VAT) for the lifetime of the course.
- Individual users can buy directly via PayPal for £14.99 each.
For more information and to purchase, please contact help@prescqipp.info
