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LEARNING OUTCOMES
Examine the challenging elements of patient-provider communication related to pain, opioids, and safe alleviation of pain.
Develop strategies to achieve patient and provider goals for pain management while maintaining a therapeutic patient-provider relationship.
Apply effective approaches to patient-provider communication around pain, opioids, and safe alleviation of pain.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Talking about pain and opioids can be complicated for many reasons. This course focuses on helping providers better understand the complexities of the conversation, examples of language they can adopt, and reflect an understanding of how these conversations can happen quickly given the realities of clinical care.