Pathways to Safer Opioid Use is an interactive training that promotes the appropriate, safe, and effective use of opioids to manage chronic pain. It’s based on the opioid-related recommendations in the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention (ADE Action Plan).

In this training, you will learn how to:

• Apply health literacy strategies to help patients understand how to prevent opioid-related adverse drug events (ADEs)
• Identify risk factors, opioid medications, and interactions that increase people’s risk for opioid-related ADEs
• Use a multidisciplinary, team-based approach for treating patients with chronic pain
• Combine the principles of the Health Literate Care Model and the biopsychosocial model of chronic pain management through case study examples
• Preview the CoursePathways begins with a 7-minute video that provides background on the principles of health literacy, patient communication, and opioid-related ADEs that are addressed in the training.To watch the video, go to the course page and click the arrow on the right-hand side of the screen.

• Get CPE or CME Credit

  If you would like to receive continuing education credit after completing Pathways, please complete the appropriate post-test.

  For pharmacists:

  • See how to get continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit

  For medical professionals:

  • See how to get continuing medical education (CME) credit
  • Take the CME post-test