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ABOUT THE COURSE
This course provides opportunities for you to review the principles of safe prescribing, explore opioid tapering, reflect on your own practice, and hear from experts in the field.
The course includes recorded webinars, quizzes, panel discussions, brief clinical pearls, and tools and resources for your practice.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the online modules, learners will be able to:
- Identify whether opioid tapering is an appropriate plan for a given patient
- Plan a tapering discussion that is evidence-based and responsive to the patient’s readiness for change
- Execute an opioid taper with a motivated patient
- Troubleshoot challenges that occur during an opioid taper
TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE ONLINE MODULES
- It is not recommended to access the online modules on smartphones at this point as your learning experience might be compromised.
- There are required learning activities in the course, such as reviewing video materials, viewing, and downloading PDF resources, responding to questions and responding to some course evaluation survey questions.
- “MARK COMPLETE”: When you go through the course the first time, you will notice the “MARK COMPLETE” button in the pages. Make sure clicking on it when you reach the bottom of a page. After you complete the whole course, the “MARK COMPLETE” will not be there anymore when you revisit the content.
- ‘RESUME LEARNING”: For the convenience of self-paced learning, you may exit from the middle of the course and come back later. When you log into the e-learning portal again, click on ‘RESUME LEARNING’, and you will be redirected to where you left last time.
- CME Certificate / Certificate of Completion for the Online Modules: Once you have completed the modules, you will find the ‘Download Certificate’ button available at the top of this page. You may choose to print it or download it as PDF document.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CFPC
This activity meets the certification criteria for the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the University of Calgary Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development for up to 8.0 Mainpro+ Certified Activity credits.
RCPSC
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the University of Calgary Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development. Participants may claim a maximum of 8.0 hours.
The learning material presented are in compliance with the University of Calgary Copyright Policy, Acceptable Use of Material Protected by Copyright.
The learning materials were created for those enrolled in this course and cannot be reproduced or redistributed.
- This course has received no commercial sponsorship support.
- This program was developed by CME&PD, University of Calgary; and co-developed with Calgary Pain Centre, Alberta Health Services, and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.
- Faculty disclosure:
| Faculty | Credentials | Disclosure | Affiliation |
| Lori Montgomery | MD, CCFP, FCFP, CHE | Clinical Trials: Hotchkiss Brain Institute – grant for clinical trial of medication for opioid withdrawal (not mentioned in the course); Alberta Health Services – medical leadership role | Community Integration Medical Lead, AHS (Calgary) Community, Rural and Primary Care; Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, University of Calgary |
| Arlene Cox | PhD RPsych | Nothing to declare | Clinical Psychologist, Chronic Pain Centre, Alberta Health Services |
| Kelly Shinkaruk | MD, FRCPC | Honorarium: Sabi Mind – clinical work | Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Director, Division of Pain Medicine, University of Alberta |
| Monica Wickland-Weller | MD | Nothing to declare | Senior Medical Advisor, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta |
| Samuel Parmiter | RPh | Honorarium: National Pain Rounds – Guest speaker; Clinical Trials: Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary – co-author on RCT | Pharmacist, Chronic Pain Centre; Pharmacist, Long Covid Clinic; Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone |
- Planning Committee disclosure:
| Planning Committee | Credentials | Disclosure | Affiliation |
| Lori Montgomery | MD CCFP | Clinical Trials: Hotchkiss Brain Institute – grant for clinical trial of medication for opioid withdrawal (not mentioned in the course); Alberta Health Services – medical leadership role | Community Integration Medical Lead, AHS (Calgary) Community, Rural and Primary Care; Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, University of Calgary |
| Arlene Cox | PhD RPsych | Nothing to declare | Clinical Psychologist, Chronic Pain Centre, Alberta Health Services |
| Emily Ardell | |||
| Heather Armson | MD, CCFP | Clinical Trials: The Foundation for Medical Practice Education – Executive Director | Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary |
| Katrina Mary Nicholson | MD, CCFP, MBChB, FCFP | DFM Clinical Lecturer; Medical Director offices of PLP and CME&PD – University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine; Clinical Associate professor – DFM – University of Alberta; Faculty Teacher – REACH Institute/ Canreach AB; Board Member – CADDRA; Core member/ member of kidney group – AHS Medicine SCN Speakers Bureau – Elvium | Clinical Associate Professor, CME&PD, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary |
| Kelly Shinkaruk | MD, FRCPC | Honorarium: Sabi Mind – clinical work | Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Director, Division of Pain Medicine, University of Alberta |
| Monica Wickland-Weller | MD | Nothing to declare | Senior Medical Advisor, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta |
| Samuel Parmiter | RPh | Honorarium: National Pain Rounds – Guest speaker; Clinical Trials: Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary – co-author on RCT | Pharmacist, Chronic Pain Centre; Pharmacist, Long Covid Clinic; Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone |
| Sasha Mallya | PhD, RPsych | Nothing to declare | Psychologist |
| Utkarsh Subnis (CME Representative) | PhD, MBBS | Honoraria: Fresh Squeezed Ideas Inc., Digital Workplace Consultant; HAnalytics Solutions Inc, Former Employee | Education Consultant, Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development, University of Calgary |
Lori Montgomery MD CCFP (Chair)
Arlene Cox PhD RPsych
Emily Ardell
Heather Armson MD MCE CCFP FCFP
Katrina Mary Nicholson MD, CCFP, FCFP
Kelly Shinkaruk MD, FRCPC
Monica Wickland-Weller MD LMCC
Samuel Parmiter RPh
Sasha Mallya PhD, RPsych
Utkarsh Subnis PhD, MBBS (CME Representative)
Thank the external experts reviewing the curriculum:
Peter MacDougall PhD MD FRCPC
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management and Peri-operative Medicine, Dalhousie University
Director, Atlantic Mentorship Network – Pain and Addiction
Christy Sutherland MD CCFP dABAM
Medical Director, PHS Community Services Society
Physician Education Lead, British Columbia Centre on Substance Use
Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Family Medicine