APhA's Comprehensive Pain Management (Self-Paced)

Comprehensive Pain Management

This 20-hour certificate training program is designed to equip pharmacists with comprehensive training on pain, pain management, and substance use disorder. Pharmacists will gain training in four domains that will cover clinical pharmacologic knowledge, tools for caring for patients in practice, various aspects of care for patients with substance use disorder, and the shifting landscape surrounding pain and opioids from a legal, regulatory, public health and payor perspective. Learners will complete a self-paced 14-hour core module then select at least 5 elective modules before completing the final assessment to earn a certificate.

Target Audience: Pharmacists

Program Cost:

• Pharmacists: $300
• PGY1/PGY2 or Intern: $275

CEUs: 20 contact hours of CPE credit (2.0 CEUs)

Activity type: Certificate Program

Course Modules

• This course contains the following content:
  • Comprehensive Pain Management Program Description
  • Comprehensive Pain Management Core and Elective Module Objectives
  • Comprehensive Pain Management Contributors
  • Comprehensive Pain Management Pre-Assessment
  • Introduction to opioids
  • The ins and outs of opioid equianalgesia and opioid conversion
  • Introduction to non-opioid pharmacology 
  • Combining your options: Multi-modal pain management 
  • Buprenorphine and pain management: What every pharmacist needs to know 
  • Subjective Pain Assessment - PQRSTUV
  • Gathering all the facts: Assessing your patient's pain 
  • Identifying and managing opioid-induced constipation and opioid-induced respiratory depression 
  • How to taper opioids safely and effectively 
  • Addressing opioid stigma and related social determinants of health 
  • A recovering pharmacist's story
  • Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment 
  • MOUD 101: Understanding medications for opioid use disorder 
  • Everything you need to know about naloxone 
  • Family matters: Understanding and addressing the impact of addiction on family units' 
  • CDC opioid guidelines update 
  • Managing pain and scrutiny: The pharmacist's legal and ethical responsibilities 
  • Risk assessment and mitigation strategies to prevent diversion 
  • The pharmacist's role in safe medication disposal 

Development

Comprehensive Pain Management is an education activity for pharmacists developed by the American Pharmacists Association.  2023 American Pharmacists Association

Accreditation Information:

ACPE UAN: 0202-0000-26-013-H08-P
Activity type: Knowledge-based
Initial release date: February 1, 2026
Expiration date: February 1, 2027- No credit can be earned after this date 

Refunds are only valid 14 days post purchase date.  A $50 processing fee will be charged to all refunds. Participants who enroll in the program using the enrollment link provided in the confirmation email will be charged a fee of $135 regardless of whether or not they complete any portion of the activity.