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Rural Opioid Prescribing Best Practices
The purpose of this webpage is to provide information on opioid-related resources and prescribing best practices, and to connect prescribers to the Rural Opioid Prescriber Training Program courses.
Prescribing Best Practices
Educational material regarding best practices in prescribing opioids.
2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Pain (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Opioid Prescribing: Where You Live Matters (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Vital Signs)
Training
Access to the SIU School of Medicine Rural Opioid Prescriber Training Program modules and additional webinars for CMEs.
Rural Opioid Prescriber Training Program Webinars
CDC Training Modules on Opioids (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Chronic Pain Core Curriculum (Providers Clinical Support System)
Opioid Therapy and Pain Management CME: Guidelines, Research and Treatments (AMA Ed Hub)
Pri-Med Opioid CME/CE Courses (Pri-Med)
Resources
Handouts and other materials to serve as a resource to prescribers.
Addiction Medicine Checklist (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Opioid Prescribing Resources (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Conversation Starters: Empathy, Motivational Interviewing, and Stigma (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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